15 10 347 https://haylibrary.cvlcollections.org/files/original/b0d2fccf1a935a10bbe1ec1d89ca1433.pdf 59d94d3b08d402b2e2dcc9691aeefeec PDF Text Text ?tf!inai 2il :.c:: uEOHGE 3, • HV E �1oc k Sprin 6 s - Ee, y 20,1931. Llro Geoo B o ~ r yde: J i t1 refere nce t o lir o LC:',:i.l liffe 's lett e r of the 18th in s tant , t o 1:1hic_1. he }12.s ett c.-, ched copy of lett er from Chaso Con.:~l e ton ~ Su cr e t 1..,ry Lo c e:. l U1 ion lfo o 2 6 1 6 !I re gar d.i n ~ c ompensa, f Lo u is t i on ~mb oni . u · o Z2, i1fooni c l 2.i r,1s to h2,ve oeen inj v. r ed v1h il e employed on t~:e ,rnt si c.e 1 930 2.t Su~;er i or Hi nes on the 5th do.y of Sep tea ber, n the 2 5tl1 dc.y 1 0 :?e~? o r ·~ _f :if Septei.foer 9 1 930 9 ·::e 1·ecei vecl a F inal Per son . . __ Inj L•. ry - .!.' o:'.:'u 151 - ove1· si ;"91atu.re of A. Jh v i s , S"..lr -;e on =t S l)e rior , st =tin.z t l12.t t h is ,1orla1c. n VIa.s ..ay of S e 1ite m1J er , 1930, • n cl 1l Q \ ~ i1ot l ost c..ny t i ne 2..cco1..mt o::: this in j u ry . H -: t:.1e e:~1 i r T :.ion o:z t __ e fivG- !..-ionth p~r i o , a n d not bein :; inf o?D.ed :..,, t}i e i" or -Q.12.:.1 t i on ~o repa i r tlle t_.!.::, t ,2:.i;E G e _ie c ont e n:,_:> l a.t ed }w,Ying any opeE"a- ·,-t:ii i c h l· e c k. i med ·;m,s due to injur.1 of .:ie .:_. t ::;:r be:;.~ 5 , 1 930 !1 °:re file d:::., for m o:: Order of Disrnisse,l ·.:.d. t_1 t~1c Clerk of t _:.e :Uistrict C'Ju :r-t of Sy,eet·::ater County, as~ i n~ for c distrissal in t~is c 2 se. The case v,r as dismissed by Jud.1e Ti dbe,11 on the l tHh dny of 1:.Iarc h ,1931. Je ··:ere n ot o.(vi s etl a s to ·::orkm:.:"'. n's u nderg oin e; operation 1.mt2.l -~!1e latter ::::2.rt of Ap ril, 1931, T!hen he ca.razto our office he1·s 2 nd in q_1_;. iredabout h is compensation. ;_7e inforrn.ed him at that ti me t ha t t ~ e c a se h e..d been d i s r:1is s ed account of limi ta- t ion a nd the~t r, e could not stipulate ~or a'.'!ard on a.ccount of this limitation. �-2- I had t h is ruat ter u p ui th lir . Ta liaf erro a sho rt time 2.3 0 and h e 2.r~re e d t h c,t no s t i _ n l 2..tion should be ma.d e for com~ ens ati on 1.1. ::_J in th is ce.s e , b ut t ho.t t l>.e :m1.:,t ter mi ght b e taken ·.-,i th j_::r . I: c .u lLfe on lli s ne x t tri p h ere and the c a se e ;:pl2.in ed. to ~i · L t he D,t aun t :::.i cl vou c~G - i :J s u e d for o,n 8.It1ovnt e qua l to of c o1;1pensc:>, tion n tiic h n ou l d b e due Z .mboni for teh_:9 0::·c:.r y t o t L.l di sa i l ity - ;)1 2 1. 39 , bo.. s ed. on tu o month s 2.nc. t ~·.:i : ·te e-1 dc..y s 2.~ ,) 50 . 00 per mon-ch , t h e , er di e m rate to be c on _jute c. e..s f ol_ o, .-s ~ <:'/ 3 0 of c, 1:! on t h .... t i? 50-- (.3 13.33 2.nd 5/31 o..: c- non·cL n.t ,)5 0 . 0G --,)8 . 06 , i f u .zre ec::..b le to L:r . Ji cli.uliffe. l?-!'1 e n clo s i n ..:, ou::c :i:i l e i n th i s C<':.s e foi~ 1~ . b cAuliffe ts �Omaha - May 18, 1931. Mr. G. 13. Pryde: Herewith copy of letter from Mr. Charles Congleton, Secretary, Local Union 2616, Superior. Will you please give me a full report on this case. �Ul.TI:TED MINE WOIUCERS OF AMERICA Local Union No. 2616 Superior, Wyoming, May 14th, 1931. Mr. Eugene McAuliffe, President,Union Pacific Coal Co., Omaha. Dear Mr. McAuliffe: I am writing to you for advicm on a disputed compensation claim of one of our members. Brother Louis Tamboni was injured, ruptured, dropping a railroad car on or under :B mine tipple, September 5th, 1930. :By advice of the doctor, after securing a truss, he continued to work until Febr. 22nd, 1931, when it became necessary for him to go through an operation. He lost two months work through the operation. \'ihen the employees report of the accident went in, which was when he went to the hospital, he °\'7aS told the five months limitation had expired, and therefore, void. As Secretary of the local I fill out the majority of claims for the members, but would not think of sending in a report of injury where no time is being lost. I suspect this is my fault not reporting or sending in the yellow sheet 9 when the accident happened. However, the man did not know and the doctor was not sure whether an operation would be necessary or not. Tamboni•s condition t1as known to the outside foreman, Mr. Ward, and to · ·t he Mine Superintendent, Mr. G. A. :Broun, from the time it happened until he came be.ck from the hospital. Please answer at your earliest conv:enience, With kind personal regards and best 'l'lishes. Respectfully yours, (Sgd) CHAS. CONGLETON Sect.L.U.2616. for Louis Tamboni �HflED :. ;,· .·.· 2 .: 193'1 G[NERAL 1\1/\Nf\GER Omaha. - May 23, 19310 Mr. G. B. Pryde: Yours of May 21st. regarding payment of $121.39, to Louis Zamboni. I have submitted the proposition to Mr. Congleton. and on receipt of advice from him to the effect that the arrangement is satisfactory, I will write you asking that you issue the voucher on the basis outlined in your letter. �h E-·,t: ~ ··-u \ JUN :3 " 'l 931 "I 1 • V n ,, i- Gii. J;-r:t1I. ,.1, ,.;,"u j ~ _ ...... ~ . . . . .:wscr..... .., Omaha - June 1, 193lo Mro G. :a. Prydes ReferTi;ig to yoili' letter of May 21st regarding :payment to Louis Zamboni, $121039, same to be charged to °Injuries to Persons~ payment to be made separate and apart t:rom the compensation fund: I submitted this matter to Mr. Congleton who advises under d.Bte of May 29th: "I am writing to advise that the settlement for compensation is entirely satisfactory to Louis Zamboni. Please accept the thanks of L.U. #2616, U.ll. w. of A. and also of Mr. Zamboni for your fairness and generosity in this matter." Will you kindly arrange to voucher Mr. Zamboni in above amount at an early date. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Union Pacific Collection Description An account of the resource This collection is made possible in part by a generous grant from Wyoming Humanities. All materials are the property of Union Pacific Coal Company, on long-term loan at Western Wyoming Community College. For usage inquiries, contact the <a href="https://www.uprrmuseum.org">Union Pacific Museum</a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Communication regarding compensation of the injured Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource CC BY-NC-ND Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1931 Subject The topic of the resource Accident, Letters, Worker's Compensation, Louis Zamboni Description An account of the resource Small Stack of thin paper attached with a metal binding. Letters regarding a worker's accident and compensation claim. One page is faded may be hard to read. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource George B. Pryde, H.J. Harrington, Chas. Congleton, Eugene McAuliffe Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1-0195 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Union Pacific Coal Co. https://haylibrary.cvlcollections.org/files/original/71a55c51107915e3dc7034076e398320.pdf 541e66367b9c6904d8aa409c480e3eb6 PDF Text Text r .f'• ,. 'I• 1 f .- lT' ') O L,t.. .. , l .. ,., .... "I ~ Oril,;ln:,I Slgnw : GEO RGE B, PRVDt / V ·' .: ., . _ ,\ ,. �' GENEBAL l\1A ~AGER Omaha - May 23, 1931. Mr. G. :a. Pryde: Yours of May 21st regarding further pa:1Inent of $26.13 to James Kontakis, injured at Winton Noo l Mine, November 21, 1930. It will be satisfactory to voucher Mr. Kontakis in above amount. I �nook Springe .. Uny 21 1 1931 ______ ,.,~_.r~e:_Konte.l~J.¢1,.1 99!: ot our e!:1ployes a:t , into~-;, . , Tho r.!iotcl:o cv.ida1'l.il.Y orit;iuated t.•ith tho looul doctor .tr it ia ~recu.blo to you ·, uould like to I10.vo c. vouoher <mtitlc...' to t: ia or:o-ant o! co1tt,.1onsG:',.;io11 . Orlgint\l Rlgtied~ GEORGE B. PRYD£ �Rock Springs -}.I~~-Y 20, 1931 o J ar.es Konte, ki s, emp l oyed at ·vinton }Tool Mine, who vrn.s inj u re d on lfo v ember 21,1 930, is ma k ing cla im for a dd itional c ompens a tion due t o err or on re p ort of s u r g eon a,t -ilinton, D_~ o Ko E o _rrett&;e r , v;ho made e.n error i n stati n g in FJnal .:. e port of Pe r s on 2.l Inj u r y t l'11:,t t he 0.2,te of recovery was December 5th ins t e ad of Dece.mb e r 1 5th o On :i:i'e b ruaxy 24 , 1 931, u e p re p a r ed a form of joint sti p u la tio n for t ,1e r.ro r lcrnan ' s si gna t u1~e , vrhi ch ca lled for of ;)1 4 073 f or t em:;io r a r y tot cJ. l disabilityo 2.11 a'ii a1~d The v1orkr.'l2,n signed. t } e s ti pulat ion an d a n aY.a r d na s 1118.d e o n 1Iarch 4, 1931. Later t}1e uor ]art2n di sc ov e r ed th2.t h e had been underpe.id and called the m2.tte r to om· att ention, Dr. Kreuge r stating that the u orlrn~n Das correct in h is claim. I s :p oke t o Il r. Ta li af e:rro about the matter of re-opening the case. He did not think it 1.'J ould be. good policy for us to asl;: for a re-opening a nd recommended that if we felt that the vrnrkrnan' s cla im Yras just, a. voucher for the amount_ due him :) 26.13 - should be given him, if this arrang ement was a8reeable ;1i th :Llr . llcA:c:_l if f e. 1 A copy of Mr. Taliaferro's letter, herewith. �STANl>Al!D IHH0,000 FORM 2103 SUBJEc,;., THE UNION PACIFIC COAL COMPANY Ho ck Sp rings , 1 /y oming o IN REPLY PLEASE REFER TO OFFICE OF lfay 15th , 19 31 o L~t NO. t orne y E r o Ho J . I-Io.1~r i n g t on City It a1J e ars t?:ta t J ames 1,.ont &.ki s 9 by the erro1~ of t h e c mnp s"'2 r ,_e on , - receive o. o.. fi n a J. awar d for ~11 4 073, beinz a t the r o.. te of ,) 50 . 00 a ~1011-tll f or n i ne de.ys ; t h e sti pulation havin g becrn siGned in :i!'e"bruary 9. l 9 3L I n .L\_n r il 9 1 931 9 ru1othe r t e r m of the cou rt c ommenced, e,nd the c ou rt lo st j ur i s d i c t i on on i t s o·rm motion to cha ng e of ame nd its f i n a l or de r h e r e in o It n o··: appe['..rs t :i12.t tl1e ca mp su r g eon a dmits tha t he t h e i nj u r ed .;r orkrna n could not g o to ·wo r k on t : e 5th d.ay of Dec emoer, 1930, or until the 16th d.2.y of :Jec eriibe r, 19 3 0 ? or t e n cb.ys ·2,fter t h e c alilJ surg e on re 11o r ted th2.t ·t h e 1~.ro1~1a,1an r:as d isch a r g e d c:.n d re ad y to g o to vrork. m2,d e n. mi sta ke , an d t ha t I u ou l d s U[iGe st t hat i f t h e no r lmw,n i s reli a ble t he.t t h e d if f e re n ce be _:sive n h i m in a vo u c h er s h o'.'tinG up on the ir ou cher t hc>.t the e-quiva lent i r3 i n the c ::imJ ens.a tion fund of '.i'he Union Pacific Coa l Comp any, and there f ore the company is not p rejudice d . Yours trul y , (Sgd) T. TST: g a _C_O_P_Y_ s. Tali a ferro, Jr. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Union Pacific Collection Description An account of the resource This collection is made possible in part by a generous grant from Wyoming Humanities. All materials are the property of Union Pacific Coal Company, on long-term loan at Western Wyoming Community College. For usage inquiries, contact the <a href="https://www.uprrmuseum.org">Union Pacific Museum</a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letters regarding a worker accident Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource CC BY-NC-ND Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1931 Subject The topic of the resource Accidents, Workers Compensation, Letters Description An account of the resource Small Stack of thin paper attached with a metal binding. Letters regarding a worker's accident and compensation claim. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1-0194 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Union Pacific Coal Co. https://haylibrary.cvlcollections.org/files/original/9bc1ff1239fd77b3b9f172908a1d8be0.pdf 68c5fbd201ce729c99664a46ad8663d0 PDF Text Text \,Q l'i):.'inn.l Slrrned: GEOR GE B. PRYDE �Roe~ Spl'i ngs ' Fe bl'U D. I'Y ·;1yorn i ng • yc.J. , 1932 ' L"r . Geo . B ,P r yde :- f sga , ) H J !:..,ri' ii.1_-: t o; . �= I'.£:;}00 Joe D GCO:!?au 332 11 11'1 Stt,,eo·i:; D Roclr Sps... l n.gs:, nyo,ili1.1e o unfortunate eas00 lab O:i." unc5l. ,:ihil0 oo:k-,,m;>a:i:ii01:18 fil"o u ~t:u:i.11~7 oonc i tlm."'G• Conr:rt :1.tui io a.1 r,0qu:lI>0w0utao ~ h o c o ul l 0 s 0 D I Since that tio.e 9 it has been 0li.16ilded l.U\7 p;JOVides that the Stat0, i n St'!.bsts:neel> will co-.u- penanto tut.C:10!' certain cond.i t:lonE:, ru:i injured v1orl11i&8.n OF lrl.0 de• pentlentn in t h e event of a fatal accident occm?:i:"il'lr:; to h i m , o n l y oei.,tnin so-called hazardouo occupations, how0v01?, co.,ling m1der ·i;he t er1:1c of t he law. �=..:.:.1ot-1 h y uppcs.1 to ·tho Gov.1..,io o t_U100 c.o,r~ol"'c, a:.1c.1 t:--~ nt,.st cm1ti:.").u~ ·i;o Q~p0nd O!l c1..octoct; in. rJQ.tto~s 0/,'l p:1;;slo2l A10::J:t11,. t lmt 5.:t :ln 2bsolutcly co::iptUoo:r-y f:0--1: t.18 'GO �r--- ��Rock Springs, \'/yo., Dec. 11,1930. N~. Geo. B. Pryde: Tiith reference to the Joe Decora compensation case. Hrs. Decora told me a short time ago that Er. Decora would not approve the stipulation which we submitted for his signature for an a mount of 02,000 .00 , based on l 1-3 of the amount provided for the loss of the leg above the knee. She stated that inas much as the COI!lp any had refused to allO\'! L:Z. . Decora to continue in t he se rvice she was of the opinion that his disab ility was tot al i nst ead of partia l. Dr. Arbogast informs me t hat Mrs. Decora had also talked ov er the matter with h i m a nd s he intimat ed to t he doctor t h at :r. Euir,Count y Attorne y , had informed her she probably could r e cov er co n side r abl y mor e than t he i'. 2,000. 00 for ".":hich ,.._.e off ered to stipule.te t1ith her husb i,.nd. Think it Y!Ould be ,:;ell if ,·.,e 1:m uld a.1101.7 the matter to rest as it is until t h e workman takes sorae further action in t he matter. (signed) G H. J. Harrington. 0 p y �r.':r . Hnrr·il'1~'i; on c2.llcd :ln ~i, . Joo Dee;oro. 1 :!ho \·.r:.1.0 injured i n Ho . L:~-'W'1,. .._... _ .• ...,.,....;,;, - l 1'. Btr'" l c 1· ,:.::;:; ~•-'vi::i ccl to tclrn h:1.L otr~ of th o soz-vi co ju□-~ a~ soon cc I 1·c o-; ctl your l e:t·0 t • . I to .11ot bolicvo, in viou of -~ 12 tr:o ch:i.l dr·on t o i.i:d.oo , on0 Otl,:inil l<iinM: GEORG£ 8. PRYDE �RECE !VE D I OCT2 '7 1930 GENERAL MAil!AGER Mr . G. ::S . Pryde: I discussed the Jose~ Decora case with Mr. Uhite to~ ~ -~ . {: .u and I think that we should :follow the advice of the three doctors and take this man out of service, ma.king prompt settlement with him as provided for under the terms of the Oompansation Act. Mr. mlite agrees m.th m9 that it is not good judgmani to go contrary to the decision of the three doc:to1"8. reasons I uould prefer that Mr. ffilite be not qu.otedo For obvious �Dec 1.,:2. ' a 0a.s=-n:Ll~_ ~,;; f ;.~ ..! i.>e:; ,r._'Jt0:211JG·~"' 16·'·h,, 1'12rl f")-.,.. -- / . ) -~( ' ·• :Jc~r:•cm1J • " ..• • 1 5"0!i 0 1920 ~...:.'e 1L.-,·~;t1·r r,1·1,~ h:11:)1c? t l ic ,;:_12:d;,~; tte l ci;e:;.• :,:iJ r io ,i 1) 1 ( l - \ • .. • r ~ ~h.·1 e r_! G·:·b1t(1- B, r YDf �Rock Li~ o G-e o o B o .lryd e ~ tlere·~Ji t h ~ copy of rep o1~t of recent ex:a mi na ti on of .Jo e De cora by Drs o Arbo t:;as t :, Lauzer a nd o e ~ of Roc k Sp rin gs 9 ~·/yo .ing o This letter is self- expla n_t ory a.n d. is a long t h e l i nes of t h e ve rb a l i nf o rr.a.D-t i on ..., i ven me re gar ding t h e 1.~orlcruc...n b y Dr o �H .J•• Arb og2. st 9 1:'.i oDo Rock Spring s , V✓yomin g October 13, 19300 G_O_P_Y Compensa t ion i g ent U o - o Coa l Co o De a r Sirs: I n c omp l i D.nce n ith yol .r re 1.est f or a r e -e xami n a tion of .To seph 1.)ec o r a !) ,:rh o i.T.l . inj 1.u~ed. Sept ember 1 3 9 19 28 :, I wish t o state t hat ·:re c on duc te d t h e e xa rnin2..t i on October lll) 1930, a nd foun d the ari1o·v.11t o f p erm2,nen t p2.:rt i 2.. l d isabil i t,- to b e e s s en ti2. lly the s ~me 2. s t h a t f ound o.t the t i me of my fim."'. l rep ort d2. te d S ep t e mb e r 2 1~ 1 92 9 ~ .,!hi c11 a mou n t e d t o 50c; permanent t ot a l i s c.b ili t y o .1. f v.xth e r vr i s?l t o state f or y om e n o..c count of the edif i c o. t i on , that "e f or mi ty of the s p i n e :, uhi ch r e s u l t,e d f rom the c:,fore-rne n t i o ne d injW:"Y ii a n d t he anka.ylosi s of the vertebrae, \·: or lciag und er Ground l) or a.t <.., n~ occ upat i on ·::h e r e in there is great li e: il i t y of 'be i n '..: str uc k on the bac k 2.t t he si rrht of injury ·by e. ch unk of coa l or rock or by f e.lling on the b 2. c k a nd striking t h e spine on 2.n y 1u:.rcl s v.bsta nce, it is particulairly desirable the.t Lro Decora s...ri oul d no t continue to work u n der g round where such injuries a re especia lly liab le to occuro I t is 1n.y opinion that i t n oul d take only a moderate blow· a t the si.ght of injury to not only render him permanently a.nd totally disabled but it is highly liable to bring about a resultant f ata l injury. l·lopinG this 1;.;ill furnish the i deas uhich you hope to collect, I be 5 to remain Respectfully, (S g d) HoJo Arbogast E .So Lauzer, ll.D. 'I' o Ii. Roe �/--.., , 0 1'.',dlf_ - October 2 , 1no :J- ✓~ Lr . G. B . Pryde: U)"?lementi ng rny r equest thn.t J'ou ha.ve Mr . Jo se-ryh -=.:=;::=-.., De co ra exnr~ined by o. b oar of t l ree ,.,hys i c i ?ns , I ?ish ;:,·ou no·J.l d -=-inqui re i,-:er s on_.l y fro:n t 1.1e do c tor s ab o '9 :1:1c:. '.:letond. tl eir rep ort Jus t i·:he.t t :. eJ t h i ru~ ab out the f urther h.:,zarc. ~· ::;,t attp, che s to ~ee _ i n 0 .. :r . De cora L1 the mi 1e , Dr . i.l~, ?::r . He,rringto i r"o oGast 1 s sta.tenen t 3s r1rit t en r:::i.t ::1er st a r tl in6 . ::1e t e3 r :1 i n~~s fo r n yea r _n·evious to ~1is i n ·ury by months , •::i t h a si,:.:ila r st o,te::.'.ent 1)~, r,1onahs sin ce e res , ..ed no .c . �EA.Rl'iI NGS o ·r;i JO Ti' Dr,:co1 -'- .IC.I - - c,..,.i.:.u; ri'Ti'T.lT .t;1U -"' --~El' j I \. 1· 6 ' TOTAL a . . fil:II NGS PEIUOD 192.., 7 mo l Si.!:..2TEl. iB1£R 1 5 , 1 9 28 $113.64 L - 4, .55 ~- 6 . 4 8 Oct o 1-15 , It 142 .25 A- 3 .10 C-2 050 Oct . 1 6 - 31 , It 1 38 21 li. - 4 . 48 E- 5 . 74 I':o-v • 1-15 , rt 127 .17 A- 2 . '- r, C- 2 . 50 I'. OV'· o 16-30, n 121. 4 1 £, - 4 . 4 8 E- 6 . 76 _ e c. 1-15 , If 9. s A--. '75 C- 2 . 50 Dec. 16-31, ti l s, 5 . 44 .&-JZ . 66 E- 5 . 89 1-15, 1 928 1 3 0 . 2,9 :.- 2. 08 C- 2 . 50 16-31, 72 72 0 : - 6 .1 6 E- 4 . 45 o J·::;n . It Feb . 1-15, n 48 . 4 8 A--. 3 7 C- 2 . 50 F eb. 16-29, i? 65 . 65 !~ - 3 . 95 E- :n :1rch 1-15, It . 8 . 90 L --. 67 C- 2 . r-: o r2, rch 16-31 , I! 8'7 . 87 1 - 4 010 .1!,- 6 . 95 I~11ri 1 1-15, n g '7 . 7 ~:. - 2 01 C- 2 . 50 April 16-30 , ll 126 . 25 . - 5 . 59 .c;- 5 . 20 i /ia y 1-15, n 59 .5 5 Ji. -2. 58 C-2 . 50 I.:ay 16-31, II 67 . 35 A-7.88 E- 5 . 21 June 1 - 1 5 , ii 82.82 A-5 .25 C-3 .50 June 16-30, II 39 .39 ;,. -5. 06 E-5. 34 July 1-15, n 38.38 A-- .30 C-2.50 July 16-31, tt 58.58 A-5.18 E-6.53 il.L,.f,- ,lS t It 92.92 A-2.01 C-3.50 ..'l.ueust 16-31, It 84. 74 A--.60 E-5. 74 Se pt. 1-15, ti 97.91 A-2.01 C-2.50 1-15, ~)2, 248. 91 TCTf.L 0 .r:ET EARNI NGS ) 124 . 67 T2 n r-; E-1 . 33 135. 32 12?. 99 E--.7 9 G-.50 ..:!. - - 0 . 9 9b .75 126.89 E-1. 29 124 . 4 2 62 .11 ~--. 4 8 45 .13 . 60 56.10 E--. 94 94. 79 76.82 .,.;;--.97 92.49 115.46 E--.57 53.90 54.26 E--.82 73.25 28.99 E--. 38 35.20 46.87 D--.92 86.49 78.40 E--.83 92.57 Total Ded.ucti ons-{' 200. 75 Company -- Hospital E - Union & Check ~i eighman C -'~ud_i to:r 's Offi,c e, Rock: Sl)rinr: s, .v!yo. , hp~ 8 121.15 110.17 ..... ~ ~ 0 DEDUCT IOl'T S Se-" t. lG-30 , 1927 0 r ' 192i 0 • ------- -·-- - ~:- 2, 048 .16 �Ro ck Sp rings ii Wyoming,. October 2ndp 1930. Y!ith reference t o· our conversation with biro i:..c.Auliff'e the o t her day re g arcli n g earning s of Joe Dec ora p vrho vras injured_ in Ro ck Springs ifo o 4 Mine on t he 13th day of September 9 1928 9 a,nd vrho returned. t o ¥rork on Se p t e mber 1 6 t h l) 19290 'l'h e follovdng are amounts of ea,rnings credited to 2. ccoun t of this ,;:orh"'lan duri n l', the per iod Septemb e r 15th , 19 29 , to September 30th 9 19300 2n d ha lf of 8 e p teniber 19 29 1st II Octob er n tl· It 2n d I! l •ove rn.b er 1 st n2nd. De c e mber 1 st 2nd. u 1st January Febru.ary 1s t 2nd. 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 1930 ti 2nd t) (l- n l\1arch n (l n. O· 1, ti It ·- pril II !} 11 Yia,y n II 2nd <I 1st .June ti' 2nd II It 1st .July 2nd It 1st 2nd 1st 2nd August ll tt. II September n- n, II II n- To ta,l 59 022 98.,84 105 020 92012 78 096 59022 7 8 096 7 20 38 8 50 54 8005239048 52092 520?8 ?2o52 46 .. 06 39062 65080 13016 65.80 65.80 78096 85054 52.64 79.10 72.38 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Union Pacific Collection Description An account of the resource This collection is made possible in part by a generous grant from Wyoming Humanities. All materials are the property of Union Pacific Coal Company, on long-term loan at Western Wyoming Community College. For usage inquiries, contact the <a href="https://www.uprrmuseum.org">Union Pacific Museum</a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letters discussing injury and worker's compensation Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource CC BY-NC-ND Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1927-1932 Subject The topic of the resource Accident, Worker's Compensation, Letters Description An account of the resource Small Stack of thin paper attached with a metal binding. Letters regarding a worker's accident and compensation claim. Most pages are faded may be hard to read. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Union Pacific Coal Co. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1-0193 https://haylibrary.cvlcollections.org/files/original/a70e0f079919ff8d93047a915ec3e4f7.pdf 5493db7c3456978ef2a7acde6a1f2589 PDF Text Text Odober16 , 1930 u:? -~ho :~!:a ?~,,-ich G'"' '!Q : \?i)~..ell is i:1 L:..Oco;,:•d8.Y.lCO ,:~:1:~h t:n1:~t~; es·~iOFtG -----=-uo.r.1o l)J ;'_.·. '?L:.l:l __f Z'f'O . ';'~10 c.:.E~Ot'il"G l}.0,;'00f], U00i'1 C,9 ohot,i;'! C0!.11 0 '.!?flf:'l C?-i~in2,! ~\-rt.~r!: '.'.:Jfiuf C. P~Y ')f / �Ro ck Sp rin gs 9 ~r:y o o 1 Oc t o 1 4s: 19 3[» o r . h r o Ge o o B o F ryde t Here 1T1ith :, copy of l etter j~ece i ved t o day fror:1 Lr o J"o e G:1 li cic h re g a r din1:; pay-.ment of comp cnso. ti on a.c cou.11t of injury of iii k e Pa v i c h :, Re lia nce :> \JyominGo f ollor!s tl~e method of p~'lnent 'I'his of c ompens a- tion p r opo se d b y l.w.' o Ta l i af e r 1"0 11 r.rhich is 1 a cce pt2.ble to h r o Ga li cic h The F ollo·,. - Up Bi 11 referred to h a s 0 b een f or wa r ded to day t o the Cl e r k of the 0 �Joseph Ho Ga licich At t orne.y a t La,,-r Ro ck Sp r in 0 s !I ·.:ry omi n g o October 11 51 19300 r Bro HoJ oER r r ing t on :, Su~ervisor of Comp ensa t i on :, "Union Pa cifi c Co a l Comp::::m y :, Roc k Sp rins s :> ':!yoming De a r lir o Ha i--r i11_,, ton g I rc.ra h erewith e nclo s ing follo vr-up bla nk in the llikc Pa vich c o:mp en s 2. t ion ma t te r :, the s ame n o ;;-: h a v i n es b e e n s i g ne d by l.lr a P2,vicha It i s r:zy- u n d.ers t a.n d in2; t ha. t E2,-rich is to J:·e cei;,re ter.a.p ora:qy tot a l dis ::,b ility compensation c:, t 'Gh e r a te of ~p50o 00 p er month:, until the sum of ~)876 o00 is lJ&icl :, 2, t Vih i ch time a stipula tion f or perillD. nent p a rti a l dis2.b ili ty is to be si 6 ned a n d entered int ol> 2,llowing Pavich ~;13r17 .00 for the loss of 91.8% of the si ght of his left eye o Pav ich has re quested that the voucher be f orvrarded to this off ice vrhen the s a me has been received. Yours very truly, (S~d) J. H. Galicich �IionM 2103 SUBJEOT, THE UNION PACIFIC COAL COMPANY Rock Springs, Wyoming ......................Attorney ..................... October 1, 1930 Mr. George B. Pryde Vice President and General Manager The Union Pacific Coal Company IN REPLY P ~ NO . E REFER TO ry Dear Sir: I am sending you a copy of the letter that I have written to Mr. McAuliffe. •Please understand that I do. not in any way question Mr. McAuliffe's action in accepting Galicich's thought in the matter. Still, I think that I owe myself a duty, and that duty is to make my position plain. Mr. Harrington will say that we have never consented to· deviate in the least by stipulation from the plain expression of the statute. If Mr. Galicich can say that one tenth of the sight of an eye is the equivalent to the loss of an eye, Mr. •Muir can say that one fifteenth is the equivalent to the loss, and Mr. Brown can say that one twentieth is the equivalent to the loss. The result of all of which is that you have an elastic system which will expand or contract, in accordance with how the Court, lawyers and jurors feel about it. TST:H Enclosure �8TMDARD 7•27·5000 FOIUl,l 2103 SUBJECT: THE UNION PACIFIC COAL COMPANY Rock SprinGs, Wyoming. IN REPLY PLEASE RE FER TO OFFICE OF Attorney . ········............................ ········-----................................ October 1st, 1930 NO. l.1.'l.r. Eugene McAuliffe President, Tlle Union Pa cific Co a.l Comp c:.ny (~ 1416 Dodge Street Omaha, rlebra ska Dear GiJ•, I received this morni116 a copy of the l ett".r add1: " 3sea. 'by you to hlr . P:ryde, dated September 30 th, in re the cas e of Mike Pavich. Of course 1 the letter is a comman to l:lr. Pryde to instruct Iir . H~r:cing·co:n to stipulate for the awarv., Et:-. Galicich c:.nd the conir.muity knoning that the ar:ar d ·i •s in the na t 1.1 . re of c. settlement, outside of all legal questions involved . ~ver since the compensation..~ m.mt into effect, this o.ffice has never consented that 11 permanet.'t~cu.sability" should be a matter of a.p :i;io1"'tionmeut . t he sta1ute sp e cirically requires that all awarcis for injuries greater than the schedule fixed for the loss of an eye, a l •::.g, &n a:cm, or a foot, shall be based upon those schedules ., and none other. Ever since 1915, \ihen the -l aw ·\'J ent into effect, and t..rirough fu1 unbroken line of jud.icial decisions, no such inju:cy has ever been c.dr1itted as "partial total disabilityn . .All perl!l&nent injuries have heretofore been -classif ied as nperl)lanent total disabilities" or "permenent partial disabil:Lties 11 • This is not true in many of the other stat ~s, but one must reme1Uber that the \,hole ·s ystem of the Wyoming lav1 is basad upon a different foundation than other . systen;s. And this is the reason that the Vlyoming law pays to the unskilled injured wo:::-kman, who has worked only intermittently, like coal miners, sometimes only t \'Jo days in the vieek, the greatest aviards at the least expense to the employers. Your letter changes fifteen continuous years of construction, a.no. holds that one ,'jho has practically 10% of the sight of an eye, that was injured while in the employ of The Union Pacific Coal Com- pany. is to 'be considered, 'because of disease destroying thG. sight in the other eye, "permanently totally ctisabled". During the last fifteen years, the American Medic~l Associatior~ has been driven from pillar to post upon the same subject. At one time 1 t a.a.opted an expression "industrial blindness'' , Vihich of course did not adapt itself to any tangible theory, e.s 2. r orkman might, ba Ttinciustrially blind 11 in the repairing of Geneva watches, ana no-c "ind.ustr·ially blind" in sawing cord uood. This . enabled Compens r-:tio:1 Commissions not only to play "battledore a.116. shuttl1::cock" wita I �industrial enterprises, but politics with the workmen., their tlamilies, their friends, and their unions. So we find in Colorado, that workmen who retained 20%, and who had lost 80% of t heir vi. c•ion ,ii h~ve been declared by commissions, and courts, to be "industrially blind". The American Medical Association, a t i t s. m,?. eti :ng e t Atlant i c City, in 1925., di s allov:.red blindness if 1% of vision was retained. So that, Pavich does not come within the more moder n r ul e ad.op ted by the Alileric0l"1 t ur geons 1 nor r,i t hin the rule t hat has been in vogue in the courts of Southern Wyoming for the past fifteen y sa:cs. 1 But the a.bov,~ is a sm&ll I:oiri t i n tr1 e ca ~e . Tllo T'yoming sta tut e make s :2.ll a1:: ard s II judicial determination£" bet,,e en the employer, the employee, e.nd the compensation fund. The anoun·~ :~aia to P0.vich may not be s o nn t erial. . The vm.y it is computed is very m~ terial, and in directing Mr. Pryde to carry out at·torney Gc:.li ci cl.1. ' s co:mim t ,::i. t i on, SGts a pr e c edeut , ,.rhich to my mind is untsnabl s, a s i t i s i llogi cal . .An excerpt from the statute reads as follows: nrn.1.er a t here h as been z. ? revious disability, as the loss of on & eya, ,J1~ t l1e sigh t the reof.., one h aud, oue foot, or any othe:r pr evious p ermensnt dis~e.bility, the p,3 rcentage of disa t i lit;,;, for a suos0qu3!!t i n j ury shtJ.l b.e dsts1~u11ned by dec-11ct i n g t herefr,'.)m the Je~cen tc.g $ of the· pr evious disability, as it . ex isted at the time of the s1.f bscquent inju-r~y ~n Time and space will not allow me to discu ss the legal ·construc.tion of thG wo1~ds . "PREVIOUS D!SABIEITY". Ii' :fr. Galicich is satisfied that one 1.n:hose eye has · been affected by cat,_~:c act;, out~.dus oi' any kn.o~m injury, either i!i nile 1n the employ o:f The Union ? a cific Coal Company, or any other industry, comes w·l thiu the t ern nprevious disabilityr1, I 1.ould ce1·tainly neither affirm nor de:ay. In the P.avicili ·case, while in the eciployaent of' The union Pacific Coal Company, the partial loss of the _sight of one eye is the extent of what the sta.·tut·s calls 1Tinjur y in the course of employinent;n. 0 Whether Pavich had lost all v.:;.siou in the iu.jurad ey•'e; any deduction could be made .for the eye destroyed through years and years of disease, is a question that I desir r:3d, in .connection with o·ther mat·t;ers, to take up wlth my superiors in the legal profession. But, uhatever migbt be the construction of the statute in relation to the t •1;0 p:ropositi ons above discussed., the statute itself needs careful analysis and consideration, and I can never accept as being "judicial" the view that Galici.c h takes of it, which view appar ently appeals to you. Reau the excerpt from the statute given above, and then consider Mr. Galicich's aue.1 3 sir:.. Quoting from Mr . Gallcich' s letter: �ttP0:rmanent total disaoility compensation ( total less of sight) Less teraporary total disability coitipG:nsation paid from Dec. 12 1929 to ~r..• ,-y W.c;;. 10· , .,.!..v._,. ,""-::o ~Hooo.oo ' t?;'.;t1 -~ I • vO r-) Less prGvious <lis&bility. being totaJ. loss of .right e:ye 1500. 00 1747.00 Corupens&ti on claimed t noy· to illustrate the fall~cy of the method, consider the follo11ing ~tat~e.:u.e.ut~ Pe1...ma11e11t total clisaoility cor:ipe:nsati on ( ·i ;otal loss of sight) 4000.00 Less temporary total disability coillpG:nsa.ti..on _paicl f.i.·om Dec. 12., 1.9~~9 to !!fay l:Jp 1830 S~247.00 Less i:>rGvious disability, being loss of right foot anei right eye 400'0.00 424'!.00 Compensation.claimed I can see no comiection between the amount paid in temporary total w.sability , ~fiith tila i:ntont of the L ~:g:Lslature, under the- excerpt of the statute., and the fact of the matter is., as the last illus tr::.>. tion •;ril l shm,, they do not r10:r.k 0 1..rt f : t a lJ_ ~ To place a fa.1,.se judicial :proposition, an i1log5.cal :tdea.J 2n over~aked and undei""done :proposition, in a stipul ation, to be ti~cn1gll:~less.iy coufirrue6. by a cou:ct.; Q.nd th·:;1•e 0y t,0 b-sc(Y_:.ie a precedent, seems to w.e a ·wrong policy. Not many days ago, in a sowewhat s.imilar case, I told court and sur~eo.ns tha·l:; tb.G basis of soms i:nju!'y, like the one here :i.n quast:i;.on., must be lilcicle ill accordance vrl:ch the statute uuon the schedules for npsrmaneut partla1 disabili t:;tt. Illy O\;ll p:t:•lvid;e ttJ.ought is (not to conflict vith }7o~r 1 s) t:i.'"1at v:-·~ might stipulate \:1i ·i;h flavich that b.e had lost 99;,'b of the sight of the eye injured while in the employ oi' the Union Pacific Coal C0.11~J&.11y, and that there would be no deduction made on acc.o unt of "temporary total c.i.lsabili·ty a,:a.rds 0 • Differing 1,'i~-1 thi::: S~preme Cvm"t of t j ~om:tng., ti1e deduction. of' Htem_pora~y total ar,;urds" is to my mind ¼uestionable. But, ::lUch d~o.uc·i ;ion is .aot, involved, if tll~ 1.uatte1.• \';,~re ·;;o u:..=i c.:>:n- sidered fro~ my viev.point. I sneak about a precedent bei11g s-et---eye cases are very numerous;- spx·ains a1•e vel'Y umae.::eous. If the law 1s uh.i.wsically ~pplied �it can be made a g:i:>a.ft., s ~co11d 011ly to the Volstead. Act. The amount of the award in the Pa.vich case is of little moment., an.cl I had figured. it <mt to be even n.ore than the figures submitted by li:'a t¼alicich. I could ilot br:lng myself, ho-:7ever, to a ccep t lli."' . Gc:,licich's theory, though it seems that he claims, at my hands., a prGcedGn G tuerefo1 I:f the!'e eve1~ wa s such a pr eceden t., and. I approv€:ld it., it was unr:i ttingly done. 7 • But; it mrures much ctlfference--c,s I view it--i.f after careful anslysis m,.-5. consic.era tion of the law., I should pass up to the cou:rt a st,ipula.tion, knowing the same to Le illogical, u1T11orlcable, and. not rei'lecting th~ lav1 . Pavich, :l..n purvie-?.' of ;.,he '•.7yomin~ l a ~:, is not totaJ.ly Dliud. P~-vich' s previous disability i.m s not the result of an injur·y, ci..lld to ny llind. the \~yoming statute, when re·f erring to previous disabilities, do~s not include lii11du.stric.J. d:1.seasesn. If -.;; 0 should so co1:-ist:cue the ·;yoming llct, \~,e wc"Uld let doY:n the ba.rs to .;:l l!ilo st e ve"I'y o.:i.sEiase, a situr~tion t hat :Ls troubling compensation commissions,., and the courts in m2ny- st2.tes. ih e Wyomi11g Sta.tute bases no injury upon the sum of money fixed for npermanent total disability 11 , but o~ the contrary especiallY: states that an;f injury kno.rm to surgic~.l science, unprovided for by a specific schedule,. m.ust b e b2sed . upon the ~pecific. schedules ··for ttper:ma11ent partial cii~abilityn~ T:J.l'! Supr emG Court of Wyomi:ng i1us .rmt y .e t s ai r: thc_t "temporsry total· disabil.:t ty a,:a'.i:'ds" • cannot be added to "permanent partial disability a-w::.~.r d sn·. This point the Supreme: · Court o:f Wyoming has so far declined to decide, . but the Supreme Cour·t ·o f Wyo?ning has decided (I thiL.k erroneously) that :ttemporary total £.'.'1 c:rc:sn i:mst be dedu cte~ .frcr.:1 ":9ermanent totcl a1.;ards 11 ~ • In couside1•ation of the above 1 and in view of the fact that Pavich did net receive an iujur·y chile in th G employ of the coal company, destroying more than 91 .. 8% or or,te eye., I am of the opinicn tha.t in law he ir., entitl@d to th~~ 1ercev.tage fixed by the Atla~tic City convention ot surgeol'!.s in 19f5~ the scale used.. ·b y filr. Ha1·ri11gton, and by the oculist who _-exa1r.L:1~d Pavich' s injured. aye, plus such ntempora.1•y total d.1.sabilityn as ~ . .Harrington finds to be just and equi tEi.ble, under the· provisions of the statute. ' ' I deny t:.tat •tl?-e awards for nperlllan.ent pa1~tial disabili tya have any re::l.~veucy. _iil..: logic o:r science, to the_ statute· concerclng r.permanent tot~l clis~bp.i tytr, .__or, to tb.D fact o:f "P~:rmar.1ent total c.is;:1bili t~rn. - • •· T'! 1 p 2<.:.u 4· .c> • . • T .t"• .;:avl.cLJ. .... .:.i.s, e·~ ·c!W .xJ.aiJ{t ;.:, o.!.. ~.i1e u XJ :..C>il .. J..C Cocl Comprn;l, J • I •, , n ,1• ,J 1 "pcrmane.ntly totally disabledn, because of the loss of sight, then the special~~ts . at ;_tlantie City fixed a table, whtch carries t11e loss of .v ision uovm to 99%, still holding thr:i.t the retained vision· of 1i is not total blinw:1es~ _ �ra·· -o f <;:'"', i:: .~-- no ~•a· if ·the reduction of $217 . 00 i s made, would made to $2507.00, giving Po.vich ~~ r15 ~ . OC- ~or e than Gal i clch fig ure s. ·T••1·"' - - -.J t, 1 -!... tl C~-... n ·'L,· ., C Cf t vJ J._ - .J .&.. c• C'"l t:, rl -., 1 '"" ..:..- VUCA..,t,. "-' ;;> --oul·' [!. :t.' '\T•<l> 0 • ' . "- C "-· ..,.,,, C l .L.&. ~» •~ C" \ 1t~ 1 '.~. ' i:" ' - V -• - , <::. 7 Bv. t., h £:Yin:; h ad the 'Jlat t cr up Yiit:c: J·.;.c.g e Ll. c ey, in his o-r;n proper person, and with Mr. Herbert V. Lacey., I doubt at the present ti.11e t ho c:.dvi.s,~bili t y of a l op tir.16 t h 2 .Atl,m tic (;i ty repor t, beci:use there are some matters in the formula upon which that report is based cm t ag on i. s tic to our l m; . Still, t '1e J~tlentic Ci t y fornt.lla is log ical. The formula approved by you, and originating with Mr . Galicich , at leas.t to my :mind, will f i t i10 ct.her cr.se ., c..w.C::. -::1 2.l h 2;v1;; ili.se. strou s e-! 'f a cts, i f aa.op te6... Yours t r uly, TST.:ga CC-Pryd.~-:iarrington. ,,,..---.. �Form 2191' UNION PAC I F I C SYS T .E M () TELIEGRAM T i me Fi led M ./X SYMBOL Px , I/ .\ ·7 Ox i )( Nx '-.._) CLASS OF SERVICE REQUIRED Prefe r red Day ,., / Ni ght I Immediate deliver y 7 ,,,,.. .., .,,-rte li very du ri ng day Delivery by ·next morning ~ ~~ /--J --:;.::::- c .s. 1·29·5 000 M Ind icate by X in propr r line the class of service rei{ui red . D~ n<?t specify preferred serv ice 1f other serv ice w i ll an swer the purpose . ~ 12--2 Gh OH m rAHA 210 PM 3 G B PRID E T s TALLIFEllliO HOOK SPGS 1 DE SI ROUS SETT IB HENT L, • PAVI OUS CA SE A. '\11 MH TA LL I FEfili.0 8 LET~'ER Fi hST Oi.~ SETTLEMENT es.:-::~ L A.DE J\ CCOhD I NG 1:JI TH COUP,~JSATI ON Lfl.\.'J NO OBJECTI ON' TO HI GHER F I GURE r , SUGGESTED WI TH ST A~UE THI NK L/\ ST PAGE lJh T.Cl LL I Fl!:h h O8 L!i;TTER I F SUCH I S I N ACCORD ~; I TH THI S t!lt\N M~ 5l HO\' EV:C.l:l. VJE SHOULD 1: ,AKE JUS'I A ND EARLY SETT LJ:!;l':'i ENT . ,.. -, . .l!;UGENE L, CAUL1 FFQ/ 238?11 �/l At Rock Spring s - September 30, 1930 Hr. Geo. B. Pryd e : !ir . Harringt on 's l etter t o Er. Talia f erro of September 27t h , relative to comp e ns ati on r e que sted by Mr . Hi k e Pavich, loss of ey es i ght: As l'.~. Pavic h has b e en in our employ for a g r eat rnany years \':ith but one us eful eye , I am of t h e op in ion that the almost tot al los s of t he r ema i n i ng ey e \'D.11 not be construed by any court other t han embodying tottl dis ability. I think pro mpt settlement should be made \'d. th IEr. Pavic h on t h e basis of permanent total dise.bility, less the deductions set fort h in t h e letter of Ji.:ttor-.aey J. H. Galicich a ddr essed to r.1r. Taliaferro under date of September 26th, in the amount of f·2, 253. 00. CC - }~. T. S. Talieierro, Jr. Mr. H. J. F.arrington / ,. \ i l - 'J I \. I - i _,, /f{Jlfo--J �L°l;JC1:. 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'ii eti oxm_ d ::. _1 ~'.:2! ar:1on1·t o'2'G8i;, "'U~1 o¼' (;½:,000 000 0 . :i:• 02 ,·Hit2:o 00 c.i ~ , j\ .."'Ci'" <•c·1,1 ...U.o:..s-....,.., ·?<·-,,,,,-1 ..., - -l~q J V 1"J QI i.~"'Q Dlici ·•h 0 . :,t .,· oz-·,my fo:~~ :t12j ,1·~ ~ nm}J•fil2.n 0 its c:~:i:.~ra:_z n0 ?o:_:10--, os ' ') y () ~:~ __ ; CCJ:1 t!.y,• Euc;ene t:cAulix':?o r.I:r. Goo. B. Pfyde V enclosine eopic r~~ :- rr w, , GO!":.l., - --- of lotter~ f ro:1 :c:.?,. G2.li ci ch ~'lel Z.::.t" . ';:aliei'c:i..'::."O, .!'()16ti '0 ·;;o wbcrve 0 C.:'108!1 - C Q.J �Josep~ Ho GaliGich At:t ~;y at '[\,fy> J.- : 0 'l' -0 S • 0 \Tl,-, 1 •j "> .Q a L11t1 J•<> .JC ·o~ ~- -..,s, -:-l-::.,: ; - f..1,;-.!,t;;.;_J".;1.,1!) A "G t. D::tn e y a ·i:, .!JS', 'l ~ Ho ck Syn:·i n 7 0, Uyomi n e;o 2?.eplying to you :r8 of yeste:r.~dl.',y 9s de..teD :;:oelc::.i.;i;i,.re to t.he tlikiC'; :.. av i ch c oup e11s2.ti on case O h1 wh:.l ch y·ou 2.sk that r ':r.r.'iTu3 a. lettel'D settinz fo1~ th a detc'..iled s t e.tement of our Cl Q.i:rt !l u ish to s ub:mi t, the follorri nz ::..s l:,eing a faiz\, 0 cr t.;i.i tn ol o 2.nd (i n my opin ion ) leea l m~l'L"lei::'"' of oorn.pu ·i;ing this .,1an ·~t:J coope-nsations Pc :.,- .>r,,il.n e it t ota l .•L·, --i ,... "-•••- di sabili ·cy componsa - f\ :-0-:-,11 1o"""' l.J v C, .:0.0 o-t s·i g h-:-) _ -i, --U L oss tm:upol'"O.:ry ·;; otal clisabilit;y"' cm2pensati on p o.id fi• om J'bco 12:, 192S 0 to llay 1 0 0 1930 z) 247000 Le ss p revious disability, 'bein~ ·total loss of i•ight s)1500o 00 ·1 2 7lJ.:? .oo ~2p253o00 I appreciate the fact that, according to the doctor's report, this man retains 802% of the vision of his lef·i; eye, ~Dut ba.se our claim that Pavich is permanently totally disabled on our Sup:rem.e Court I s hold.i.ng in the Sakamoto vs. Kemm.crer Coal Co. case 11 3G t ~oo 325~ uhich is to the effect; that a workman is entitled ·l;o Permanent total dis~bili ty compensation ~hen it appears that he will never be able to \70rk at any gainful occupa t;i on, e.v en though he has not totally lost those mefilbers for the loss of \~~ioh he io ol:.1lmi11g pe:t"l'.llE!.nent total di s~bil:i. ·Gy o I feel our case comes vl thin the Sakamoto holdi:ng 11 and though this decision · may not be correct in the opinion of solile of the bar, ue are c.ls o d0ducting 0247 .oo by virtue of the same case 0 contrary 0 I believe, to the intention of the Legislature. Yours y·ery truly, (S,~u) J .H. Gal:l. cich t.:OPY �THOMAS SEDDON TJ..LIAPERRO!l JR11 lli::r o Ho J· oHarl'ir.igt Oil Supe~viso~ of Compensation Unim.'! .?n c ii'ic Coal C0Bp2my Ro ck S];:, :i:,ings O ,1yo1:!lil'!e; ;:;- seph Ho Galicich crune to rq office to<il.a.y 0 repres..,. "'nt:i. 2~ 1'..'I:t2ce Pnvich 0 and is c1:1.ssa tis:?iecl ·al th tho proposed settle-1:1cn.·~:i c1c~i- 1- ng t·1c.t the C01ll''{i(;l \"Jill hold -the ,-rnl~.km,311 tot~lly d isn'bled \) rt ses_:1s to E3 that th:i. s is t.vio k:h-1 d of a case tha·t the op elc'.:c-i:nc o:Z'f'ici2.ls should considerl' This f!W..n. had ·only h a lf hi s siQ.;h-t \7hGn i;JG e;-a.pJ.oyed him,., and ·for injuri11g one of' his 0y-:1 s 1o t:L e c onfron·ced. -.·ii th c, claim t;hat he is perEanently t otG.11y di se:bl e d, zw·Grri ·i;hatending that he has a:t:_ost tc:n. pc1.~ ce11t of t he s ie;ht, of one eye o fe aTe told cold blood0dly that the co~rts uill ho1d 0 notr;i thstc.1 1tli • G the statut0 D tha·t the ten-2 per cent of the sight of one e~re l.,eru::,iru.:ng amounts to nothing" 1 '2ne1--.e is much t:i:,.uth in u:ba.t Er. Galicich s~ys~ 'because the Sup1•e1r1e Court of //yomr1g i--aversetl -the ti•i~l cou1•t in 2. decision tho. t I ean never think is logical or scientific!) the case being S&,komoto V'. Kelmle:rer Conl Compu.?Ay 0 36 Vlyoming 3250 I believe that I i:dll s ,ancl this file to the Gener.:,,l At-i::.01·ne;;.ri, ·i:,05ether wi th a copy of this lette::." and a statement of thC3 ±·acts, and let him s~ uhether or no·i; 1-,e are to ste.nd absolutely by the statute, aa the settlement p:roposed stc.nds 1Jy the st~.:tute. TST1H copy � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Union Pacific Collection Description An account of the resource This collection is made possible in part by a generous grant from Wyoming Humanities. 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Title A name given to the resource Communications regarding worker injury Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource CC BY-NC-ND Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1930 Subject The topic of the resource Accident, Workers Compensation, Letters Description An account of the resource Small Stack of thin paper attached with a metal binding. Letters regarding a worker's accident and compensation claim. Some pages are faded may be hard to read. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1-0192 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Union Pacific Coal Co. https://haylibrary.cvlcollections.org/files/original/564691569d522c0fdd5008bc68bbc175.pdf 20c252574b2cab0ddd6042445a197e87 PDF Text Text f / I " I ( I / / -::_L t . I'-/ . ._ .//\ -· I / V ,, / I \\ Orlg ln:tl Signed: GEORGE B, PRYDE n :,1 ... ~,r, ;yy , r\ , (; ./ (! j �Rock Springs - Augo ].1ro Geoo Bo Pryde: Referring to Joseph 1':TcTee, Sro ~· who was injured in Rock Springs Noo4 Mine on March 5 9 1931 9 by striking himself on the right hand with an axe, cau sing contusion 9 laceration and fracture of the 4th finger of the ri ght hando On .Tune 10th, Dro Arboga st disch arged Mr o l icTee as recovered and stated that his permanent p a rtial disability due to and result of accidental injury above mentioned was equal to , the loss of the distal joint of the ri ght 4th fingero The period of disability due to this injury, four months and th:¢ee days, appears to be somewhat excessiveo I bad on two or, three different occasions called Dr. Arbogast regarding I McTee's condition and v1as advised by the doctor that he was not as yet recoveredo Mro Murray took exception to the time lost aycount of this injury and instructed me that we should dispute the claim, as to temporary total disability. On .Tuly 30, 1931, I vrrote Dr. Arbogast as follows: "We are in receipt of your final report of personal injury, Form 151, wherein you state that the period of disability due to the above injury extended from the 6th day of March, 1931, to the 10th day of .Tuly, 19 31. "We feel that this period of disability - 4 months and three days - is excessive for an injury of this character and we are wondering if Mr. McTee has been carried for a longer period than was actually necessary. iJ/e are aware that the infection would no doubt extend the period of disability, but our Safety Engineer, llr. Murray, is of the opinion that the amount of time lost account of an injury of this character is unusual." �-2- vre received the followin g reply from him on .Tuly 319 1931: 11-r have your inquiry the tenor of which seems to question the length of time I gave .Toe McTee temporary total disability because of the injury he received lla.rol5pl93lo You -will notice ' from your primary report that he received a contusion 9 laceration and fracture of the fourth fi nger of his right hand, which means & comp ound fracturel) c,lready infected, as are all acci dental wounds, and this means where bone is involved that the length of time that a total disability may _be incurred may be all the way from three to four months 9 until the limb is amputated depending larg ely upon the kind or type of infection and the resistance of the mano In the case of Illro McTeel) the infection Vias considerable and drained about 10 -weeks, after v,hich time it healed up but only temporarily to reopen and drain because of a rekindling of the infectiono Then after draining some three or four weeks, reheale d and after a few days he developed pain which existed almost to the time I made my final reporto The resulting pain in the latter part of his trouble was caused by _a pressure due to a partial ldndling up again of the infection as well as a congestion which is an atterr..g;)t on the part of nature to bring ab out a final healing in the Osteogenet ic process of regeneration. I did not make final report for Mr. McTee until I could be reasonably sure that there would be no recurrence of the infectiono 11 1 am sorry that you and your safety engineer :(ee.l that Mr. McTee has been extended more leniency in tenworary total disability than is usual to ·give. I feel sure that of course you are neither prompted by ulterior motives, but that your conclusion is accounted for by a complete lack of knowledge of pathology which unfortunately laymen in your position are without. I feel sure that if you and Ur. Murray could be possessed of the necessary lmowledge of pathology to understand these things you would feel entirely in ace ord with the length of disability in this case.~ Vlhen Mr. Murray instructed me to dispute: the claim, I called llr. McTee into the office and informed him regarding the stand we took in the matter and asked him as to his feeling in regard �to insisting on bein g paid for the full time of disability. He advised me that it was his intention to claim compensation for the period indicated in the doctor's final reporto I assisted him in preparing an Employee's Report and Claim, which ·was filed by him with the Clerk of the District Courto I would like your opinion as to what should be done in the matter of settlement of this claimo � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Union Pacific Collection Description An account of the resource This collection is made possible in part by a generous grant from Wyoming Humanities. All materials are the property of Union Pacific Coal Company, on long-term loan at Western Wyoming Community College. For usage inquiries, contact the <a href="https://www.uprrmuseum.org">Union Pacific Museum</a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letters regarding workers compensation claim Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource CC BY-NC-ND Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1931 Subject The topic of the resource Workers Compensation, Accident, Injury, Letters Description An account of the resource Small Stack of thin paper attached with a metal binding. Letters regarding a worker's accident and compensation claim. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1-0191 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Union Pacific Coal Co. https://haylibrary.cvlcollections.org/files/original/51427b22b4e4784dd0417f0c1682056a.pdf 2c72340405d49ea3cbcecde013d8862d PDF Text Text l1) .... ~c•.,~ ~ R ~-.~~~ '. .J . o 1 r:( .11 ., f Or :tt: r\l 8i,:o-,d : ORGE 8. PRYDE �S ~.. an o o .,ycuS. c o ~~~uoi 24iio1931o • tmii: r:.ii: o -,,o f io\iOOtOfilo tc1 '.i'l.. <?nOUi.'0t" 0 ~} C_,. ynnB~ e \iyo::.:,:!.'f'lf/.11 c::::i._,:z,-. Si~ : c,, !11 ~~apl,.r to l70t' X' \, ~do:co Q <' 2. ..,_~· ut-y o,:· nl n . yh _ \~:ifon~c s 1. :: c c ~:: e::G L3i iho r1 '.:.k°l(? 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"l;h!o cm.:.;pcny to c on cc rc-ve c· ftmd i n oof'a r:.o to rec oonnblc cm j t.u~t. r; . :?eel thcit ·I(~ rit.m ·, '-' , i'n.i!' t:1 {:h •rm>~ \,o~,1~ooz1 ,Jhb ,..... l C ; !2,(~il· :_<J : },C' ?~(i()!'~ ('Je ib UG ::1. ...cl tu ~voic. l.'f: 0.-='?'p R-Yi...l!:m J~ at:: om:os: lly L S 'vlO ·:ioul;ci. OV ~ !. .., ,;r:ncni, t:: A 1;1.., }, r !? "..? (,m: COL1_ U't<'!tl 01 Clii. tho u<)Ot c.uth.('l.. i t y otrtoii ablo •'\:Illich i r, th!c inotnuco ·.-;~ f:~a1 ~1i:..und rd :~olTo.ol! U_iJ) X'O .,.a;J by ~he I :.r...<' ric r:.n : :od.ica.1 AOoocd.ntion ~ L1(¾Y &; :,. Gh 19r: " H.J.Hnrrineton. CUi;~rviaot.. of Co.: npemwtton. it1 tho �COPY-COPY- Cheyonno, \zyoming. Auguat 19th, 1931. Mr . H.J.Harringtono SUp0rvisor, Compensation Insurance, The Uni on --~cific Coal Company, n oe l~ S:9r:inga, Wyoming o 1orl-0:ucan's Denr Ur. HArrington:! h ~v~ re c eived fro1 t he Clerkuof court ~t Gz-een Riv0r tuo C1"J ey,s of JWmrci , one dratm in favor of 1.i~rnnk r-:q,rllcn and che other drFi\.7ll in fnv or of Jn li" S &i th. T! ot .l, :i. t 90.e,· kl , sust;:i. i ned in jut·ies t l . ~h<:' l€ft r?:re ·! ~ 8 e8n O t.°110. ·, the Cou!'t in r.:lrt•iviug at t he auount of co.: ne nsnt i on ~ue h<'l.S given ranch ono 4-1/10 ~ of 04000900~ I ~ -:1 so1.71e,7h~'G R"i.. ? loeia to undex·stm1d vihy thee0 c1Rims e.:re 00 fig urGd inae!.!luch as the lnu spocificRlly_ ot ~tcs t _nt ( 1Bon .c, tould be give in the event the '.ltm hnd ~oe t. hts eye entirely. Should not this fi o:u r~ be ueed in nr:ri ving a.t th<3 aiaount o:f d.iGRbili ty mid co::np € t. .. tion QU('~ '? 'i'his has been. !i: beli~VG' the custo:.ii.1 ·.110 pr;rnt "!.ITTl l'. a::!l i n te1·80ted in kno\"1ing r,hy Hny chn-:i.ge has bef:ln n Rd8 ~ 11th ~indest pereonal regRrds, Yours v~ry truly, H. R. Jeeton, Gtate ?reasurer, !~y Arthur Cnl verley. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Communications regarding worker accidents Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource CC BY-NC-ND Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1931 Subject The topic of the resource Accident, letters Description An account of the resource Small stack of thin paper bound with metal clip. Letters regarding the injuries of two workers. Some pages are faded may be hard to read. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1-0190 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Union Pacific Coal Co. https://haylibrary.cvlcollections.org/files/original/6b7384c4c38242112b785ed84012521b.pdf 60f53d2ef2d6a381c9456945c3499bbc PDF Text Text .~ · ~~ --->,t.--n.-c ______________ ~_<?,-,~· a~ - .l • • �t. ~ illi a ran ri~htfully received cre~it for half of this coal, as ho p a id �Ha ~te i.. ',)hi ts 0 ba ing duly O\'l'Ol'n on oeih d0pos0 a and ee.ys p.t he is employed as e. ~fa.chino Ri.UllWz:, in Ifoo'~ m.ne 9Hanua 0 :.,yominr;o~ha'G ha s uith f/a.ino Willimnso~t on Fcib~y 2nd 01.'/nino ,t'illia1ils was inj~d / Jack Pips stx>ildng him on loft SO!i'o Thai tho Said i.'ia:i.no 'i'i i!Hmno we.a ke the dey :2ollo,'lmg the accident and thon :a-atm-nGd to ...-,-:o&>lt and wo!f'lred I a \'/aino Vi'l'.Ul:!ams ~ pl&co on l?Gbruai'y 17-l9th-20th-23rd.,.2•1th mid 27th and i tmt Leomi2d Luoto vOZS'a~d with him in ~illiamo pl.co~ on ueb~y 2nd 0 3rd and j ~ mid that to ths ~st of hio tmav,ledge cmd balief 9 ioot \\"nino Williemo id tht.3 oo.id Petit) ~...,,..va the sum of $120. oo for eaid 00wices and ona.rd Luot~ ths omn of 039.23 forhio cervices. Daponant :further seya that on tha &:i.t~ of the oooidsnii to \'la.ion, ,111liema the rooma num'bered 2-4-5-ll-l.S-1~16-lG..17 and cx•ota10 ouio 1 tt r~lami ~th !10£1th entry and rooms numbered 7-8-1O-2-~-5-6,..B...7-9 a?Id oroao cute 1$" Plano 5th iro~h entro had bean cut by him and \lilliama and that tonmge f rom oaid. iroomc .~::l loaded out during thE> t:im3 m.ll!cmo ue.s idlo, tonna.c 1•ightful]8 bolon d to him end Williama a.ud ~ t he and Williams a-eoeiwd Pl$ for oaid t o ~ on the pa:, x-611 for Feb~ 0 1925. Furtlwr d.eponont s~oth not. ~ z, (~~ Su.bsoribad am s,,orn to ~oro tllia 23,rd cl'IY of Apr/J l:q Oommission expires a'auuary 16th,l928, ..:;_~~~:::::..~:::..:::: �S~A~~ OF t'IOMING) ) 9unty of Carbon ) I Gus Collins baing du.'ly SVJOFn on oath d9pOC$0 ruid ~So !;"'"l'\t he is employ0d as o. loade~ et lloo~ M!ne 0lfunna. 0 \'iyO?ningo ~he.t clw.-1:&ig the ~nth of b'ebt-"Uaz-y l925um weo employed ao Mino Foraman. 0Hoo~ lli.neg.Hanro 0 Jyonmg0 , ~d thc.'ii £le !mpt the tim:::i norlted foz> all man working inolud~g too t ~ i orked 'by Feto J?\u>ie and Lso~d Ilt!otm 0 Tha.t on FGb~W 17-19=20-23-2~ mid ?tho tlw.t ~to ?urta 0 t7h.O \".:i1S C!llployed as a trirnmar Qn Joy Loe.d.at" rJoo5 0 orlred with ~Jester ':.ihite in \'/aino NUUem.o 9 plam> a,nd ~ t t'ldJlo i'JilliGms C\id him foii> hie seE"Wicee and that o~ Febx,uaey 2nd 0 3i>d end l6th 0 1"lonard Louie. 0• I • rlmd with Rostex> i'ibite m Wa.!no Williams~ pleoa and that Ja.mo Willims D3ponent xiax>thex> eey0ih 0 th.st Pete Ptu?ie. Sild Leonezcl l'.:.~'1a '. c.oived no cmrpm:isetiOll ~Q]D the Union Pao!fic Coal Com!l31117 on said abova daieso pownt ~2ih.9~ eey0't:U ~hat Waino WilHa.ms and Ilestox- \7hiie, had cut ,socms ~ba~d .2..4,.,.5~ll-=-l3...l4.-l6,..J.5 ...l7 and ci-.~oss cuts on t1E" Plane -6th North entiy 9 nd ll'OOillB 7-6=1(:)... 2co'b=3... 5c,G-S...7-9 ®d Cl,"006 cm.to~6th l1om:h ontey 0 pFaVious to he a.ccicklnt to Wemo ·, Jillie.ms and· ~ t ih$ coal ~l'om said • oamGtmo loaded lon~d to fil0ste~ \1hlt0 and ,'la:lno 'NUU.smo ·en.d tbat t!wy ~oeived. '1)08 for laid tonna~ on PS'&' ~oll fw.~ the month of Vo~..ry 0 l925o ubocrib3d and oworn to bai'ore ma �S':rA~E Ol'J ··,yor.:ill~G ) l ty ot Carbon ~ Leonard Luota bain~ duly m7orn on,oath deposes and rs 1> that he .:!. s employed as a 1Jach ine . unner O on "E" Plane 3x-d Nox-th .Gutcy 11 ,,_1, filne 11 &zi11a 0 \','yom.ing0Tlla.t on accoill"!.t of being l'lhoi·t of places to out 0 Jund his ;pax-tnel'p1'1illiam Hill aloo loaded oooJ. 0whon there wei'eno plaoeo bina Rw:me:r on <f3 11Plene 4th and 5th Ho:i;~th entrieG in place of I Lno ·i /illio.ni.s 0uh.o wes injru•Gd on Februal"Y 2nd 0 1925oDaponent further ~• that i,,, rooeived f~Ol!l \gal.no \;'ill!.nms for said oewioes tho oum of ~1123 and that ho ir-aceived no C01ill'3llSO.tion from tha Union Pocifio Coal I mpaey 0 0X' fi•om c~:z_;c:.o othex- tllml v:o.ino \'l illiams for se1."Vicet1 on ooid 0V0 do. te i • Furthe~ deponent seyeth noto Subscribed and stvorn to before me thia 23rd dey of l~pl'il AoD• ,1926. cy Commission expires Jamar.v 15th,1928o �~DOI? rliormIG) ) ty of Ceri>on ) ~ kl 1 . employed in IToo~ ill.ar ~ ••• , ~. ~ i 0 ~1¾'0 00 a tt-11Eio~ @&\ J0'[1 liood0l? on D'ob~ l?-19-20=23-2~ eilil. 27tlll)h~ ~i>l?ed iil p:Woo ot 7 ·I . n.o U1ll1e.ma 0l:loohina Rmmer 11'\7hO vnG injtU."Oci ea I?0b~ 2ia<iilloo.01 trot foF l ~ oorviceo the oelcl \7aiDo lJillie@O :r,nld hitJ th:> OtD of Ol200000D0pon0111c; ,v. ·,...... ' 100,Vebmm-y 17-l~...20-23-24 e.El4 27th or f7:03!1 QliWOilO Q~h0r t ~ ~ oaid l Lno ~,:llliamso SQ.bsori f, I cl mid ouo~ to tore thio 23rd ~ of b.pr11 11 1925. �ro OF wicmmc ) ) of C~bo&!. ) we~o Wil:Uems ~ !ng duly .!;~so~ ora. oath depoor,3a and oawe 0 j o io employed as Ll!leli2.t.. O ~ i• in Woll_tQ, Mine o:Z tha Uu:1.on ?acH'ic Coel a~ ~ L 0 W10:2~goT.bet on \lhe 28d &3.y of E'ebX'lWcy l~25 ha ~ra~ SajU2'ed tlta pct'S'olf&:m~G oi' liiEJ <luUso as Uaah:i.11$ Runna~ci.;y Jo.ok Pipa Ig ~ o~ tl23 le:i?t ee8 be1t1ly l eA.~l~3..t:'l.ng 1:1,•m1-:- 02.'hw~ h'.:l ':7.UO 2.0l0 th.a tw.y t fu..';>t!t:):;, sey~ thct livsiil-1~ the tW;9 oo wa!:l icllo 0 tllt:l'ii J?ote Pm:'iSe ,:1oa~zood l plooo C\21 l.i'oin~79 !7'i:i:'.'..= l9i~20=23... .d C'l.'l.d Uih ~d 2'? i v and. 'iioot ha !)~id ~ y 2:i2l2.-o1~25 0 t nt ~.,OOnIB &mm'oo&Od 2=<'.-6c.U.=13=lt2:=l5=!&.l7 and OI'OOEI onto ~ t2:·&h Ho:.,i·a o~tey ~d z,oo:rao i:.mrrin,Garetl. 7.,,e...10...2~--S-5-6-6 ...7-9 and e:&>oos 1 ;Br1 PJr.s:,0 5th L~ox>ih oxati-w rJS:re cut oy h'!fuil p11:evio'Wl to eco!dent lW.d t Mt t/J ~il'.)U. 'i;O ~:1t1 t o~@) and ~ t dizi:'~ t! e t~'J lw wao idle O!l. uccom:;t eooi&lnt 0 toot eeicl coal eut 1:g W.fil w.d Mo pa!?t:&2.!Si.'olJest-:sl' W hite web �c.s.u Form 2101 Indicate by X in proper line sv::oL ~1--P_r_e_fec_r_~_:_s_s_o_F_s_~_:_:_':_d_~a_t_~_Ed_~_~_:_:_~-D----1 the class of service required. Do not specify preferred Dx • Day Delivery during day I service if other service wlll -----··M Nx i--N-l-g-ht------D-11---b-------l answer the purpose. e very y next morning 1 :G R A M l Rock Spr ings - April 23, 1925'. Eugene McAuliffe, Omaha , Nebras ka . Addit i onal s tat ement □ •·iilliar:1s c a s e Haima mailed you to day . c::::;:.-.:.--; _ _ ::..,..;..:._ • ·..-.:__ B-193. �I' tr . �:.......: �COPY~ Hanna, Wyo. April 22nd, 19?5. ~.Eugene. Mc Auliff e, Referrin g to the matter of payment of twenty 1even day s compensation 9 to Wa.ino Williama, Hachine Runner No 4 .in e, a nd p ay rolls showi ng hi m work ing. !r V'i illiar!l s was ir:j u r ed on F aby 2n d, by J ack Pipe coming out and ~tr i k i n g h i m on th e ear badl y l a cerating same. i e ½as i dl e the nay f ollowi ng t he ac ci d en t, and then return ed to work l '!'"'d work ed t hr ee day s , wll e-r. wound became infected which cau s ed him li o be i dle un til I!a r ch 2ndp 1 92!'3 . uur i r. ~ t h e time I.Ir \iilli at.0 0 wa s idle Pete Purta, employ ed. as a trimmer on J oy Loader ass is t ed Nes t er Wh ite Williams partner to do the cutting ~a rt of the time, and Leonard Luota, a 11achine Runner in another di s trict wh ere cutting was short helped with the cutting part of the time. The tonnage t'rorn the cutting done by Purta, and Luota, was turned in on Williams check number and Williams paid Purta, and Luota. Purta, and Luota, received no cornpen~ation from the compeny, on the dates they worked in Williams place. �/ / • l 'I : COPY~ GEr;EfML rcW'!\C:::. ,c,' \. , Hanna, Wyo. April , 22nd, 19:?5. ,.:_,, Mr. Eugene. Mc Auliff e, Referrin g to the ms,tter of' payment of' twenty seven day s comp ensation, to Waino Williams, Hachine Runner No 4hl ine, a nd p a y rolls showin g him work ing. t~r W illi a□ s wa s injured on Feby 2nd, by J acJ{ Pipe corning out and striking h i m on th e e ar badl y l a cerating same. He was i dle the na y follo wing the ac c i d en t, and then returned to work a r.d worked t h ree davs, w1e1: wound bec ame inf'ected which caused him to be idle until a arch 2ndp 192 5 . Durin g the ti me Llr Wil l i a ms was idle Pete Purta, employed as a trimmer ~ on Joy Loader a s sisted Nes t er White Williams partner to do the cutting part of the time, and Leon ard Luota, a Machine Runner in another district wh ere cutting was short helped with the cutting part of the time. The tonnage from the cutting done by Purta, and Luota, was turned in on Williams check number and V1illiams paid Purta, and Luota. Purta, and Luota, received no cornpen~_ation from the company, on the dates they worked in Williams place. �,r 17 1 '1 ,. i l ...... ., :··.•, • .J. \I.~ ~ and 19 l f' t h , �20-149 ~ock Springs - Apr. 28, 1925. Ii.fr . Ge o rge B . Pry de : Referring to the ma tter of Compensation Award to Wai no Wi 111 ams at Hen na t1i nes: As this matter started with a letter from the State Compensation Department to me, will you kindly advise me briefly the outcome of Er . .Butler's investigation in order that my files may be complete. �r I Su'bjoc·~: • :!'.mtostige:tion Ho.la:Hvo to tho Cnoe o~. L·[.1~:l:no VJilliams , f.iino No_. 4 • lb.nna., '2yo. ~·;!n ·:u.no \JH:,h youx· i1.!Jtr1.w ti@~ 1 inve,,rli:l.r::atod -~hril .a.bove ca.00 ' • •,-;?.iil0 in HGn1'18. on 1:onday oml. 'foe-::ido.y » tlle 2'/th -t'.nd 26th of ~iiX:ilo ,·. . \ I l',)_,_"J· eonvlnecd fi~o.., 1:1.n e:-.zJnimr~;i'.Pl (;f tli.o :t•r)cm,ds -and inv0s-i;:l " ,. pl'O _ er .allcma.neo i\ of bbcz· crou:i.·tl':i io ffi'l.y of tho lmlividuo.lo •. \ f.M.lo • !' l \ .t ' ,, . 'boc:;:~:;o of h • f! :lnj u.ry, 1.".no-tl.or !'JcWM.ne ruiu.Kir ~· Luoto, • . . t ' I \ \ \ ''- opcr . ·~ed -~ho r:ucl.ino in '.:1i2lio.b~O place, 'Cillinua t,ayi·nz; Li,:oto o:~ -~ho i ' 'bn.sio of' m1 2.von..::::0 do.ye; 8nii••:ri ;_g .in iiha~ rruchin(;)'s tox-r;'1:tqry. ;·:ir-110 coe.l . . . - I I 'l ) · , I \lhich ,1c.s ctr'..; rnd lyir1::, looo o fay- ·bhcn:0 'to ~li!lO orcid:U o:? ?3.11:l,~p:'.J. • i . \( dE;J1' to nvoirl i n -~ile i'ut·,t,~o th0 r;iviug o-r lp.bcr :J:~otl:i.to . ~, '\ • .'Cb a. mG.11 1:,110 hao no·t p0rf0~-i.J1% ·~to la:.,o;,~ ·i;o iha fin11l ZulfillmQrrt of the ·I r) .\., agi.. eor,.;.ant ~ ! believe i i -r:ill bn b<:r:·i fo::- -the !i'o:roi:tD.n to pJJc.ce t\):'tho ,' indieatin[; on ·i:,Ilo pa.y :i.~0110 au exr1.ct otatus . of tho carni,nco c,[ th0 in~ - I. tlividu~9 concorncd. '1 �7 ,!.- r ob ,I �Rock Springs - April 29, 1925. Subject: Investi gation Relative to the Case of .!aino Williams, Hine No. 4, Hanna, ,;fyo. , r!tr . Geo. B . Pryde: In line 'i.d. t h your instr uc tion , I i nv esti gated the above case whil e in Han na on L:onday and Tuesday , t he 2 7th a nd 26th of Ap:ri.l. I a1J1 convi nced fro m a n e xam inat i on of t h e records and investi ·· gation by que s ti oning t he ind i vi duals conc e r ned , that there vras no impro pe r a llm"Iances of l a bor cre dits to a ny of t h e individual s . 1:filli mns i.:11ile ,·,as off b e ca use o f hi s injury, another machine runner, Luoto, opera ted t h e machine i n i.'Jilli am 's pla ce, lYillianis paying Luoto on the b a sis of an a ve rage days ea rning i n that machine's territory. The coal ~-,hich 'Ne. s cut and lying loo s e lay there to the credit of Williruns. In order to a void in t h e future the giving of labor credits to a man v1ho has not performed the labor to the final fulfillment of the ag reement, I believe it 1·.rill be best for the Foreman to place to the crecli t of the extra machine runner the lo a ding of a certain number of hand loaders or loading rn,3.chines. This, then, v1ill accrue directly to the extra man in his labor credits shown on the pay roll and v1ill constitute as near an approach as it is possible for us to accomplish in indicating on the pay rolls an exact status of the earning s of the individua ls concerned. ,I ab �l. Omaha, Nebraska April 29, 1925 Mr. Go B. Pry dei, Rock Springs. He re,,vi th tino copies of s t atement which I have worked up from the various s t atement s sent to me by Mr. Butler, all of which I presume you have received a c op;ir of o You will not e that while Noo 4 Mine Hanna worked February 7th, 9th and loth, Purta is shovm not working for the company on the 9th and not working for Williams either the 7th, 9th or loth; Luto not shown worldng for Williams on the 7th, 9th or 10th. Can you develop if the machine cut coal on those three days and if so, who worked with White in William's placeo �I ( I ··-- - •• --- 1, AIULYSIS OF WORK DONE HAIW NO• 4 MINE BY WADTO ViILLIAMS • PETE PUR'l'A AWD LEON!u.1D LUTO, FEBRUARY 1925 . Fehr. 1925 Waino Williams Pete Purta Worked Leonard Luto Worked Uine Worked Worked on Maohine For nI1liaJ11S For Coal Coo For Williama Tons Loaded Tons Coal Cut l day 2nd 3 l day ~- l day l 98 tt 104 4 l ,l'I l " 141 5 1 t1 l n 127 6 l " 1 II l \ II 7 9 . ..... 5 10 1 II 16 r n 1 11 6 167 6 134 - 40 16 32 9 63 5 50 17 1 day- 19 1 " 20 1 11 22 , 86 23 l It 12 24 24 l 12 m 27 l 19 36 112 1160 " ·- Total days 4 n 11 6 7 3 - Total tons .. I 32 Paid by Williams I • ~120.00 039 . 23 ! Paid by Coal eo. $55.,86 Earnings of Waino 'rlilliams Fehr. 1926 $317 . 61 By Pay roll Less Paid Purta & Luto 159. 23 $158 . 38 Net earnings Earnings of Pete Purta & Leonard Luto Febr. 1926. 'Bame From i:1i lliama Pete Purta Leonard Luto Total · From Coa1 Co. Total 0 120.00 .. . -- Q6 6 .86 0 176 .,86 39.23 144 .46 183. 69 1169.23 1200.32 . 1369.65 $144. 46 �7 ANALYSIS OF' HOH!{ DONE I.Y.JIINA NO• 4 mrm BY rmnro i":ILI,IAJ-.IB, PETB l'URTA AND I.E:Oi'J/W.D I.UT0 1 FRBRTJ/1.HY 1925. F'ebr. 1926 1:0.ino \1111iamo Pete Pu.rta Worked Leonard Luto Worked lftne Worked Worked 011 tiachine Ii'o r t1I!liama For Coal: Coo For Williruns Tons Loaded Tons Coal Cut l day 2nd_ 1 dey s l ~ 1 ti 1 ll 5 1 n 1 ~ 6 l ll l 7 I I I' 1 'It t~ II 10 1 II 16 1 " G lU 40 16 32 9 63 6 50 l n 12 C. ! l n 19 3.6 s 7 3 055.86 Earnings of v.'a ino 7illiar:tS Fobr. 1925 0317.61 Less Paid Fiurta d Luto 159.2S Net earnings Earnin{!iS of Pete Purta t.i Loons.rd Luto Pebr. Pro:::i Coal Ca-. •• rP - - l.12 1160 $39.23 (~120.00 Paid by Coal Co. 1926. Total Nte Pl,U"t" 01zo.w c;m,.ao 0176.86 Leonard Luto 39.23 144.46 183.89 $169.23 200.32 s59.&5 Total 167 24 27 From t':il.liwaa 6 12 24 By Pay roll 127 ll l Paid by l'l illiems - 86 23 - n 141 22 1 n Tot~l tons 104 32 20 4 - - 1 'RU. l " 19 Total days 98 - l d£W C 6 - s 17 l l day 8144.46 �Han,ia, Wyo. May 2nd, ':; ,·1 , r.ii • '1P 'J ~l!!C " 19f 5. ·:. •.:::.-.;, . ..:.. Ur. George. B. Pryde, Referring further to the compensation case of Waino Williams, Machine Runn er No 4 Mine, will advise tha~ we find that :i-5 i n in g Machine operate~bJr Williams, an d White, worked on Feby 7th, 9 t h, and 10th. I questio:!'l ed White, Williams partner, and he states that the only men t hat work ed wi t h hi m durin g t h e time that Williams was idle on accoun t of hi s injury, were Purta, and Luota, and that \'!illiams mu s t h a ve worJced on February 7th, 9th, and 10th. Our Electric Lamp record shows that lamp was issued to Viilliams on I1'ebrua.ry 7th, 9th, and 10th. I queotioned v· 1111a□ s, and the ·only explanation he can offer, for claiming co~pensation on February 7th, 9th, and 10th, is that he thought the mine worked six days instead of eight, Feby lat, to 15th. I would not care to sa;v that 'W illiams mane a claim for compensation that be knew was not due him, but I do think that he should have known the number of days he was idle account of his injury. There is no question but that Williams worked on February 7th, 9th, and 10th, and that he is not entitled to compensation for those datea. �\ \i I would r, o t cu:c e to c.= ::.,y t h ;;;t '.'.' illis~w r.1eJ1::- e. clui:n for comr,A1~ sation Ii, Tt .,. n·o io r,o g:.lentlon bu t tha"- Will.Lar.'.! s worke d O!'! February 7th, 0th, a"d 10th, and that he is not entitled to cornpe~~ation ror those ,J oteu. �/ ii l i 1 '" • 0 do ,2x-otouooo by clc-.i1:d.1-1r; coo.1.10roo:tion that urn not duo · hiu 610 o.11.,0 by :.i:'.l:i r1::.; -----· -· �I ch �Hanna, Wyo. Bay 5th, 192B. Mr. Geor g e. B. Pryde, Re plying to your letter of the 4th, inst, tith further reference to the case of Waino Williama, machine runner in --=-:o, No 4 mine, vl'ill advise that Willie.ms made no other statement than that given in my letter as to why he claimed compensation for the dates he work ed. Williams word wa s tak en for the - n u mber of day s compensation he claimed, and no che c k was made o? the p a, roll to prove or disprove his claim . It has not been the usual practice here to check the Doctors final report a gainst the pay roll to find out number of days injured person was oft' work. Williams case is an unusual one, and the first to come :,... .~ - up where there would be a n y g rounds for questioning a mans word, therefore ~o chec~ was made. In future oasee close check will be made of Doctors final report and pay roll and lamp record. If Williams is prosecuted, and found guilty of obtaining money under false pretenses, or of perjury, or ot' both, he has no one to blame but himself, and will have to stand the consequences. It will probably be a good lesson to him and others, if he is, as there is no question but that the co~penaation law is badly abused at all the camps. ~ �of c or:1p:Jl.'lco.t icm ue a lt..i?)od t:nd if th o aoow,t lie claimed Ir I Cb �r i I it n<-J:J d.ovol opo th&:G ih.iP rnohil'l0 do.y. OMh . this inforuut ion. \, cb i' \ �rr Hanna, Wyo :May 11th, 1925. Mr. George. B. Pryde, Replying to your letter of the 9th, inst, with further referrence to the Waino Tiilliams case, will advise that the amount of his claim was i - 72.05. for 27 days, from Feby 2nd, 1925, to March 1st, 1925. Claim was certif'ied to in this office, s.nd was forwarded to Clekk of' the District Court, on April 8th, 1925. �--====---· ---- .tr:voc·ti;:,r,;i;icn of Co ·,,pot1'.J[l.'~io;1 ·,'\;,·;m:'d tt) ::l.l'to Jo . 4 ~ Hanno.» yo • \J 0.i~o \ti.Hio.m'.J ~ . / I .. or :riot . Imm·1 cheti ,cr llo ho.<l- O!) 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Vi~i~COll ht1t3 fi'?,,V'0 !l r,p hio -t'iwJl ll~ort 0!)1 tllo cn::io. of 't~·u in() f ;U.liocm 0 co~omJo.tiono m:th oll tuo fuato of tbo <::l 020 ~o::ipot:m.i 6!lity f<>8' tf~o oit~tiol'll -Mtrrt d.ovclopod i"Ot.rZo oFP tii?0ly on. 'i.40 cyo·~or:i11 or L..eir1oi·P. t i o lne:t of p-y$tc.;l o.i eheqttiug ,-:oll 0 eot1c in'i;i;, tlo o~fH.co to oicn p~::,wo., theu ·Gllauld 'os ad-4.aod of tho ti.r.-'tu11•0 <>f ·tho dOOw;::Jnto ·tllo] n!"e cigM~,. B0liovo t10 .oll-oul4 do thio in JiPtice to tb.ou and. iu j~ttvo. to ou;rsolvoo. It. b:000 to m~ thut yotW t,h.:}lo 01'&,U,.".l~~t!o: o 10Ulrl bo i..rw~~ooocd d.tb -~oo tiie1,, tbu-t taov ...iould ptt't & liitlo t'.:lO~O Ot'lOlltW CC•t.:r. L~µe f.:oJi w.Ufc ~ .. iJ. t:J. D'ic!tirule;n J �ntvt.lVt.U MAY 2 J 1925 GENERAL MANAGER Ro ck G:9:.d~g s, Wy oming o t~ay 2Dth, 1925. Er. Ge o. E . P r yde : .'Ii th, r ef e ren ce t o 1:ra i n o V!il l i ams ca.se c,_t Hanna - · A:-,1'.':1~~1d e d. Cl i m a nd '\Ssent, [1.llowine; i'.tro Ui lli m1ls tv,enty-tv:o days c ompensat ion , . ha s be en filed aith t h e Cl~ r ~ of Th e Co u rt at n awlinso E . J.Harr ing ton. I ;[ I !, �r I, RECEIVED MAY 2; 1925 GENERAL MANAGER Omaha - May 18, 1925 Mr. G. B. Pryde: Yours of May 15th vr.i. th additional papers on the compensation ,,,, __ ·, I allowed \ifaino Williams, Hanna. No. 4 Mine 0 I cannot agree that Mr. Williams was responsible for any of the various developments which were occasioned by his layoff after his accident. I have the very definite feeling that the responsibility rests vrith Superintendent Butler and I vr.i.ll be frank in saying that it would never occur to me ' to ask for legal advice as to the desirability of prosecuting "'fillia.mso As I have stated repeatedly to our entire staff, including the superintendents, the men in charge are either leaders or incapable of leadership, and I in no way blame Williams for asking the foreman for authority to employ a substitute, paying him direct the time that he should have received from the company, same to be credited to 1'villia.ms on the payroll. The offense was in allovring the arrangement to be made. The mechanical method vrith which your Hanna office ground out affidavits for the signature of the foreman, Williams, and those that assisted him, when the mine office and mine records should have clearly shown that Williams worked on the 7th, 9th and 10th, is a fair example of the loose methods obtaining. Lately, I am given to wondering just what a comprehensive study of the situation of the different mines would develop, if suoh were made, the 1'1inton weight steal, the Williams matter, and the overpayment at Hanna, suggesting possibility of man;y irregularities, if the faots were knov,. In substance, I think what you will have to do, is to �) tighten up ver:y definitely on your mine supervision, giving the superintendents to unqerstand that they must know more about what is going on in the matters of weights, pay rolls. instructions issued by foreman, etco �RECEIVED MAY 2 11925 GEH£RAl MAHAGER ~--,~ ::-;; 0 ··• ;~ ... : "~ _; ;i ::, ?- ..... .... , ~·:~·~o: ~ .-~~-: :.:S, ...- ~ - - ~- , 0 ,. . ,. , .. . ◄ ,. ),- A. 1. • ..,; .,_..._, .. _ ,_. • ~ r-." ., :,O'\ - , ~ '-- ·-- · - r' \ : ... i..., . f"\ 11,. .,. J, .. ·O ~-;:t . -~ (" , ,. . .., r , _ ..__. ,.. •_., __ , .., n ~ -. . .,.., ,... -· ,,,.. :::, .- -..:.: • • .•--....! ·-•"'>~ . ,., \ . ,...,. ...;.. �O.dgin!U ~1gnt:lu !EUGENE fi1cAUllfff f I ,t- ,..., i... ._ .. . ._ ...., C' �RECEIVED MAY 2 2· 1925 GENERAL MANAGc-r IJ2:.y 21 . . 1025 ,,--. l 'fj?Q ~·r" i, o Gre en.:f i s _!,J2 ? !l~~,rllins, . . . .3.; 0.,,.7Ytf~o Ycrn.J:=s vesJ tnuy , OHIGINAL ~1\:iN!:.0 f!ERBERT V. LACEY :!:f,j'L -T cc - :r.:·r o I.'u,,.""e:ne :.:_c .:·_u..11:ci'e I -J?o George 1-~er P ~ n:le 1 �I f I Rock Sprirg s - hlay 22 , 1925. ~:11" . H, J. Ha rrington: He r cvn.th l etter fror'.l Mr. 1,/Icil.uliffe r egar din g t he ·da i no Vil liar.is case. \,'h en you g o to Raulins the first of the we ek , if l\f. r. Gr e enfi e ld thinks it n ecessa ry, will you arrang e v;ith hi m to nake out ne w pta.pers, deducting l from t he or i gi na l a mount for the days of February 7th, ._,--.., 9th andlOth • On your return, please return this letter advi sing what cb �I REC-El VED, MAY 2 :~1925 \ GENERAL MANAGER \ \ \ \ Omaha - N'a.y 21., 1925 Mr. G. B. Pryde: Yom·s of May 19th t o Mr. Butle r on the V/illiams Case o I hope you will issue broadest instructions to Superintendents and otbzrs against allowi ng employes t o 1ire substituteso �\ \ \ :Ir . ELF C 1.'1 l'1cAu}.if?0: ..,ru:·d ·i, o t h 0 • :·;n5.. no Gi1,l:w.11:s cns o t I _I ;;u i:. M-, ... o'llnc; h roui·t11 uullc •iiin uh:i.cb - I of Dr!.Y c ::J.o tc} TThc!".o 'Gh:i,s fo t>eing done except on ono of tr;o occ:1siord oin~e :.':r . · -To~'foris hns - boon \'11.t.h .t\flt ho' ha.o be ,:rnll. to :bmluclo ·this :i.n tho ·bullotin. Havo lrJ.d uclma:".rl0d ;eman~ of t.hit, bullotin ..... uhGt ohovJ.d be doroo OriifnaJSigned: GEORGE B. PRYDE I � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Union Pacific Collection Description An account of the resource This collection is made possible in part by a generous grant from Wyoming Humanities. All materials are the property of Union Pacific Coal Company, on long-term loan at Western Wyoming Community College. For usage inquiries, contact the <a href="https://www.uprrmuseum.org">Union Pacific Museum</a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Special File No. 184 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource CC BY-NC-ND Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1925 Subject The topic of the resource Accident Report, Workers Compensation, Letters, Telegrams Description An account of the resource Bound brown paper file containing several letters and telegrams documenting the investigation, documentation, and workers compensation regarding an accident on February 2nd, 1925. Some pages are faded may be hard to read. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1-0189 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Union Pacific Coal Co. https://haylibrary.cvlcollections.org/files/original/d78bd78d5c27700a66db05e8e5431e35.pdf fb9d273801db8faf65ef5fabe4687dc9 PDF Text Text noolt Spri~s - Doo<ribor 28 , 'i . 3 . i'olia.f orro , Jr .: I hnvo youro of Dooombor 26th, \:ith o.ttc::ched copy or l ot.tor t o I foGl you o.ro entirely rit;ht in this connoation . I do not ooo 'VJhy Ur . l~uir should not bo t1illin3 -to accept tho offot" you malce . It you ooto.bliohccl th e proposition tbut lnnyers nnd dootoro cc-.n run ull ovor tho oountl"J in~ervie't7itlc tdtneas.es imdor thq namu:iption tlm.t they ccm ho paid un<101~ the eornpensation ln\7, 01 by the County Cot:JJ:tiooionora., 9 thon l. nm afraid that n gr eo.t !Jllny u1mcc C:JG(lrY: billo rrould \Je inau1•rocl . '1'ha ll".ot l ogiol o.tura, you will reanll, took ooewnnce of so much unnoooaoury trnvolli.J16 by coU11ty oifioor~ , cnu rofu.ood to nppro- pti nt o money for county conmisoionero and othor county of ficoro' r-metine nt Cheyenne under the pl.en ": _t they •. oro unnccoaoor. . ., ---looa :1u ... added burden to tho ~~,a· p:::.yor . I do --,·,~ believe : •. 111.lir could l canlly o.ek to ~ for • ~· I --•o !.( thoo o ".:itnor::ooo . mi{;hfi rew.buroad ! :VO in eoiftG to :cJ.t LokO Und int~_,._r,:_,2 -, • [l - �• • Rock Springs, Wyoming. ·Attorney Decemb er 26th , 1931. IN RE P L Y PLEA. S E H. EFER TO NO. 1\!Ir . George B. Pryde Gity Dear Sir, I inclose you a letter t hat I have written Mr. Vi . A. Mui r . This may seem a small t hing , but the reason t axe s a r e so high is because we have not watch ed small t hing s, whi ch t h rough t he years have developed intu large t hing s. The con t ingent expen s e s of County Orficers and State Or f i cers have soa red sin ce 1 91 2 . ¼e ar e paying monthl y salaries to Constabl e s, wh o have n ever done one l ick of' work in consideration of their s al a r i as. 'I'he Cor oner' s 01 1 i ce is a needless expense, and the work coul d be a s Pel l and bett er per f ormed by J~stices of the Peac e . If the custom should be t hat County and Prosecuting Attor neys can be paid. out of publ ic i'unds for maki ng i nv e stigations, in compensation ca ses, they woulQ be ~aking t heir s ea sona ul e va ca·tion s from tn e At l an tic to the Paci f ic, inspired ~::::::-:;,,:=, , in the hope to establish mer itorious cl aims f or- comp ensation, Ht he curtailment oi public expens e s sh oulQ not be consictered~1 But little consia.eration is nov1 exercised because the expens es 01· investigation s are saddled onto t h e employer , and what public o1'1'icer cares as long as a coal company or an oil company is chargeable with the expens e s·:' In a recent case, the County and Prosecuting Attor ney of this County brought an osteol?ath to Green River, and he vrn. s allowed expert witness fees oi· $10.00 a day, and his mileage. 'l'his was done while I was a way in Denver, but it seems to make no ciii'ference to . public oi'i'icials what the expenses are as long as they are chargeable to private enterprise. The dii'ficulty is not i 'undarnentally that pubJ.ic of ficers do _not care. I run not charging that. But, the public oi'i'icer is generally nothing more than a man· in the- street, anu he a.oes not recognize or know t11e awful struggle that the business man has to ma.Ke in order to meet his payroll, and to .keep the wheels of industry turning. The man in the street, who is out oi" a job, sympathizes with himself, -but put him to v10rk tomorrow, he would not speed up his own motions, or his own activity a hair's breadth because in so doing, he could help his employer. It is but the old ciassic saying that: HT.he hog never loo.ks up to him who thrashes a.ov,rn the acorns 11 • -Yours i'ST:ga �,, ·..._ ~_: : ,;.l _.,. ~ • (: :::--~~•\~~ ~;, /! :,.__~Q.~: ~t-;'"" ·;: •rt:/ . t ~•J_:~';.. 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Talinto ro on tho In disouuoine th:l.a ct'.:1 c \.'1th him ho a.dvioeo tlm t •·r. ~~cdohnw 14·~> • ,: •• willinr:; to rP nhond C'Jld pa.y from the oomponention fund nn f'.L1ount 1unl to 0!10 lrnl r Of totru. dionJrlt.Li ty' or C2 ,500. 1 very 11uob oppoeod to this 1 us. ha at tc.a 2 .I-_),· ,) ~ ' •. f:!l:-,. Talio.fol":ro io ;thi& ·.eltli-rJ :Lo o.llowod ~ precedent . 'i'ho molo oc--: c avid ·: ay ori3i110.ted tiitlt Don Pcllio t;oilt; to ~· • ,;u1r , tho pi-oo : ·,-~::..~, a.ttornoy of 3troatmtcr County, thoy thel'O-.'\ !tor and th . io no injl • I bel.iovo :!r. TulJ.o.forro L right in tldtt ouoo, ,... h: • 1.~:~ the uaount ~·hould not ho ~ dd by tho r·::-..;c-_.., · \I ·· 1,., :. ·-.~ -· • ~-:.... · ,, Coal Compony, but : '.r. ~alia.ferro ·'l.: tlmt he roole :~.. Redohau 1a ~llinc to atand the ~~ turi..: er -~riclo , probably on the theory thnt ho , ·:\ ' be 8 0 7 :···. lloplta. for you ·, I s:r~ t»ndorin~ if it miuld not • o • •,:.sable mttor ith f~r . Jlopkn, advisi~ hio ·:.hat ,'l: fur her ~ ation in thia onee should be· oonteot od . th:!.. : cc.! If tho 2 SOO io pnid, •.'111 • t~ cot all othor conl companies advent~ ly in ;.: o futUJ"e. Orl~ln11.I S11!'ned: GEORGE B. PRYDf t.•·~< 1 �November l~th, 193lo 11" 4 \7i11iam Redshav.1, Superintendent I.1Ggoath Coal Company ':lock Springs, Wyoming D0nr Sir, I:n re alleged in;jury of JU.bert Ko p1•01,;ski. The above is a case that needs some e:ir.pL.illa t ion, &nu I think it might be w0ll that· our Omaha officia ls shoul d be made f amili ar ....-,d. t h tlle facts. The ·,hn•kma 1 v,-::i.s undou·bc·e1.Uy_ suffering from l umbago and arthritis, which caused pa:J.n in h:i.s back. Ile v-1ent to Doctor Arboga s t on the 4th of Febi•uar~-, 1931 i'ol' treatment, but said nothing to Doctor Arbogast a bout being injured in the wine. On Che 15th or 16th of February, ArbogHst dh;chai·get1 him as convalescer1t. This iw.s done at the rec1uost of t_1e \"JOrkhlan, ~h3 1,0:i.·lt.~an cl,.dming t hnt h e u.esired to go to rmrl\'. i n an automobile 1•epair shop. Th0 po:rtion of the mine whore the workman v1a s employed v.ti:1s shut down Oli the Gth of F-abr1...cu:y, 1931, and the r;orkma11 i nfo1•med that there \:Jas no further viork in the mine for him at pre8ent. Still suffering from arthri,cis., the v;orkma.J1 i,ent t o an ost~opath (i:;. B. Sturges)., v,ho claim~d au. injury to his hip belor; the poirLt that Doctor Arbogast found affected with lurubagov The osteopath o. Jl)Oa~s to huve bui~nC:ld him severely vii th an electric appliance, and to hnvo gotten from him, ·as fees, all of his money. It seems that he then went -to the Vcterans 1 Hospital at Denver (fi tzsimons), having been ae1nt tuere by the American Logion, he bejJ1g ex-soldier . Upon his 'discha1·ge i'rol.Jl Fi tztiimons, h0 becrune a patlent of :Joctoi,s Lauzer anu Sanders o:1' Rock Spring s.. I do not no\1 recall nho ther Doctor Lauz8.t' had seem him be.fo1·e ht1 went t;o Fitzsimons Hospital, o~ not, but it is imruaterial. m.1 Doctor Lauzer reported that he had his cnck fractured at or about t!-ie t\"-:elfth tlorstl vez-·t~br:'J-; ~.nd took ~0V (!:'.'r-..1 X-ray pictures of the -r;orkman. The osteopath, Sturges, claimed he hnd some injury to his thigh, or his spine, below the place of .fracture, as repo;etoc. lJy l"locto1• Lauzar. The result wao that Doctor Arbogast hatl X-ray pictuTes talren at the \-yoming General Hospital at Rock Sp:-ings, and could discover no 1n3ury or fracture nhetsoever. �/ Dur~ing this time., tl·w 110:d.rnum had tQlked to one Dan Pallie, u' o uudertakes -to make investigations fol'.' the mine wo1..kers.11 and to a a~,y· so them in their compensation cle.irnsJ) a:nd Pa.llie told the workman ·t' lnt he had a cracked bone :in his back)) v,hich it uppears caused the no.i..k12an to consult Doctor r..auzer. lL1d Th,e dispute betwaen Doctor 1lrbogast 9 r,·ho could. find .no injuxy, the osteop~th, ';;ho found a hip brokan., nnd Doctor Lau.zer, who found a spine fi•l!.ctl..!re, and so@e chips of Sl.:drie bones · flouting around in the r; rkman 1 s nnatomy., crGatod a controversy, uhich caused Mr~ W.. Ao Muir., t ho -Com::i.ty a.no.. P1~osecuting Attorney, without notice, or consultation \;i·c.;h the company, or v,ith the v;ritcr, to bri~ a suit for the "i;:;-orkman i the District Court, arlu. 'i..o llavG a 1-,artial hearing when the ·wri te:r r:~s out of tne State. At that heering held on October 15th, 1931, Doctor Lauzer stE.tea. that th 8 .iuj-ury to the v7orkman i'.ra s equiv~lent to one half of permanent total disability, -r1hicb. v., ould involve some G2500~00 in un aBa~d. In ordt::t i,o J.·0concil0 this dispute ·oetr:een the doctors, I paid the expen£es of the POl"ktnnn going to belt LGke City, ,;,;h ers he rn-B.s e. cru.ined bJ'' five doctoy,s, n.nd n e'v? X-ray pictures ta..lr:en, all of -r;hieh shor.:ed no f!'e,cture, no i;;.1j"L1ry, o.nc. th~ c:octor s v;ho exandned him 1£111 :s.'eport that there r;as, o.. v1d is no injury, as claimed by Doctor Lauze:r, nncl the osteo~., 2th, Stu:rges. imothe:r hc12.:rin,s V:=1 s h 2cl before Judge Tidb~.11 on the 9th of llov~rubor, ar.i.d it ~I;pGars from the o.tti tude of the County Attorney;, an.d his advisers, 1.:rhicb. inch1ds Doctor Lcuzer, th~t e dep~:rtui·e i $ to be lZlo.do frow their i'orn,~r position, av.d that now they are going to claim t11£.t the 1:.rthri tis ·t ~s nfirec. u~v1 end b1'"oueht on i n its sr:v0ri ·t·. y, by tho v:-orltt:an straining his back or. the 3z•d of February, 19ra, while 1:olling v i-ock 01-1t cf the ,'"!ay .:!.n the :::-com in \1h:lch he nas v:orki115 in the mineo 'l:hGre ar0 many reason -~hy this case must bJcontested to its very linit,; among the chi~.f reasons is that a p1·ecedent l.-1ill be set i.f the c, ployer lays dom., introducing into our comp0.ns;:;.tion systsm ..'as11onsibi.lity on our ~a1·t for t disev.sesn, r:hich may be aggi•avated or rvfired upn, as the do ctor s c t::.11 it, bGcf'.use or some prGtonde11 :muscular strain. You -:nill apprcci.:i.te how far this r;oµld go if the •:-1orkman, 1n dul l ti.!Jles., such u;: r:e are now h2ving, shol;lld be t:illowea to claim that every ill that the body has is the result of some lnjuryo • This al so would mnke a fair field for osteopaths, and chiropractors,. and other quack peddle:!.9s., to oper~te in. I received this mor-nin_g an order from the Jud:;e of the District Court, requiring the surgooDs of tho Fit~si.mons Hos:,itn.l to ste.te in a deposi t1on what they found to be the mr.tter ,"ii th th0 workman, after which I will take the depositions of the flve doctors in Salt Lt1ke City, going both to Denver and to Salt Lake City for this purposeo �/ It is true tho witness fees for t hese doctors, end the expenses of t ~Jting these dor, o~iti.onsp tog ether with ex p ensG s already paid by r.ae, n111· nmount to several hundred dollar s, but it is one of these cases t hat must be cleRncd up, or urller.; s it i s cleaned up, will g!'01.1 into a :re&l caucel' , for Vihich t h ere will probc. bly be no healing . That this case should be defo.ncled to i ts full conclusion, is 'i;o t he :intfJrest of ever y et1ploy0r of labor in the St s t0 of Wyomi ngo The r:1•1 ter fool s th&t t he si.tua t .io;a should be made k...1ovvu to our Ou1aha officirw.-s as the :'a.ctn actuall y exi s t. Your~ t r ul y ; � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Union Pacific Collection Description An account of the resource This collection is made possible in part by a generous grant from Wyoming Humanities. All materials are the property of Union Pacific Coal Company, on long-term loan at Western Wyoming Community College. For usage inquiries, contact the <a href="https://www.uprrmuseum.org">Union Pacific Museum</a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Communication on deals and compensation. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource CC BY-NC-ND Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1931-12-28 Subject The topic of the resource Evidence, Injured worker, best deals of compensation Description An account of the resource A 7.5"x 10" and, 8.5"x 10.75" collection of printed letters. Discussions of what evidence has been produced to an injured worker, alongside what are the best deals of compensation. Some pages are faded may be hard to read. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource George B. Pryde, T.S. Taliaferro Jr. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1-0186 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Union Pacific Coal Co. https://haylibrary.cvlcollections.org/files/original/1a2d1f4f2eb59482641ac704395eab90.pdf 3ce50c2c3dde2b47ba291f419118a46c PDF Text Text \ ! :o :f.~c··.:i-Ll·. f ilo on ·~li e CL G i:, r· :i' ,~u:. olo (~-r ~lli , u0:~~:1::: 0 'i:,l!~•--:. 'a 1:".l l.'c l o no o 1:i. 11ci: C1' ·1 .~ . -- ------·--· L• t J,;;_1ll o:· cl,\l 0ci.o , r;:l ...r:;00 11 lm~ -~ 1c·~ lllu c.c,, r:- ()r\• rin"-1 Signed: GEOHGE B, PR'fD£ ,.,//, (;\ r I ' I I ,• I .,,. ..., 1 y 1' �~ :Mro Go Bo Pryde: I am enclosing orie j_nal and duplicate of report made by Dro Nilsson on Ang 01lo Grelli examined in Dro Nilsson's office., Oma...h.a., on Nove mber 11-cho In conversation with Dro 'Nilsson. 9 h e advi s es me t hat in his opinion ii f,Ir o Grelli is not a malingerer and. ·with out doubt, the acc:i,.dent; he experienc ed a ggrava ted h is troubleo It is my suggestion t hat I\1r o Harr i ng t on confer ·with ~/ir o Taliaferro, and arrange for sett l 0111ent of t h is case on some equitable b a sis o �~ r ,; Omaha - November 17, 1931 Mro Eu.gene _McAuliffe, Mr. Angelo Grel~i. age 33, Coal Miner. Rock Springs. Wyoming, in service 1 year, was examined at my office November 11 0 19310 He gave me the following h~story: He had an operation for appendicitis two years a go in Italy. His present complaint is continuous pain in back except when quieto He alleges that this pain is due to an accident that he received on May 41> 1931, while working as timberman in Rock Springs Coal Mine Noo8. He was struck ·on the shoulder by a rock 1·rom the roof. He was taken to The Wyoming General Hospital where he was treated by Dr. Arbograst for one month. Examination of chest and spine by x-ray shO'Ned the following: "Chest: Some enlargement of peri bronchial glands. Some infiltration toward the bases more markea right side with some extending toward the apices. Apices clear. No. ToBo "Entire Spine: Cervical spine: negativeo Dorsal spine lies diagonally from above downward to the left with slight curvature ·to , the right in the upper dorsal, and to the left in the middle dorsal and to the right again in the lower dorsalo Lumbar spine shows a marked curvature to the left with deformity of all the bodies. No x-ray evidence of tuberculous destruction of the vertebral bodies. Slight lipping of the lower dorsal arul all the lumbar vert ebrao" His urinalysis was as follows: "Clear, amber, Sp.Gv. l'.ll9, acid, no albumen, no sugar. Microscopical negative." Examination of his blood was as follows: ed . rred Will �~ poM / ~ line Ired. rred "Reds 4,560,00J Whites 6,9(}~ Hemoglobin 90% Polymorphonuclear neutrophilic 62% " eosinophilic 1%. " basophilic :>% Mononuclears Large 4% Lymphocytes 33% Conclusions: Will Mr. Angelo Grelli is suffering from a Rotatory Lateral Curvature of the spine together with an Arthritis of the Lower Dorsal and all the Lumbar Vertebrae. There was no evidence of Tuberculosis of lungs or spine. In my opinion, it is possible tha t an injury to his back has probably aggravated an old arthritis of his spine which predated his injury. • . "h./~~ . Nilsson. { I I I I I j ' j I ' I r' I �Form 2191 c.s . UNI O N PACIFIC SYSTEM ~,-<AM / 'SYMBOL M· / f. CLASS X OF SERVICE REQUIRED S - 3O-SOOOM - Px . Preferred Immediate del i very Dx Day Del i very dur ing day 'NX Night Delivery by next morning Indicate by X in proper I ine the class of service required . Do not speeify preferred service if other service will answer the purpose. ) l gr s1 J GB P Omaha NF Nov 18 , 193 Rock Spgs Gre/11 1 le aving on 19 t oday f or Rock Spr ings R-186 RWP o •.• 915 AM �"/ ,, ,•• Form 2191 c. s . UNION PAC I FIC SYSTEM KAM M SYMBOL CLASS OF SERVICE REQUIRED X Px Preferred Immediate delivery Dx Day Delivery during day Nx Night Delivery by next morning 8·30·5000 M Indicate by X in proper line the class of service required. Do not specify preferred service if other service will answer the purpose .. Rock Sp rings - 1rov ember 9, lli931 E~ene ~c Auliffe Omaha Angelo Grelli l eaviri.g h er e to nig ht on T\'Tenty reporting your o f fice iiednesda y morning Hine o'cl ock . 'i'hi s i s t he man yo u s ugg es te d we send to Omah a· f or exemi nut i on by Dr . Nils s on . Geo r ge B. P ryde . B- 5 4 . �f ,11 ., . .. .J . --' · • . Orig\nt>,) S\p.net'i : GEORGE [3 , PRYDC: I I / I �I /Jv • jild_,4 . I (ip(!) 7' 71 ✓2 ........- • • . ~.%.,,__ z 7;.-:>z: _____, �- ' ' '·-" '- l'': :: ·" ~;~ _ 1 l~ ~~-1 4 ' . ~-i .. • , ·· .• ~1 •. 1- •~ - ' • ,. •• ,.,. •") f ·."' 7 ._,,•l ,/ J'--' t eMttlotd Si!l'lle<l! GEORGE B, PRYDE V �: rRfL •:. : :-- ,.I u FORM 2924 UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM / t. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY / (J CT l ., 19 31 HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT . ~,7 ,,., ~, , • L-.. . \J ,•• lll i :.. l1 ~i'fl1· '':.1 ..._~ .IHN R. NILSSON, CHIEF SURGEON ....__ 1416 DODGE STREET OMAHA, NEBRASKA 3eptember 29, 1931 Mr. G. B. Pryde, Vice President and General Mana ger , The Union Pacific aoal Company , Rock Springs, Wyoming. Dear Sir: ~r. E. McAuliffe handed me a series of x-ray plates taken or Mr. Angelo Grelli desiring an opinion as '--.,.....,==to whether or not subject was tubercular. Befo r e gi v ing an opinion I would like to see stereoscopic l a teral of spine as well as ster eoscopic of chest. Yours truly, v ? . ~. R. lUlsson. .I STANDARD 11ra-1,ooo �/ Rock Springs, Wyom.ingo Octob~r 9th,193lo He rev1i th X-ray plates requested by Dro Nilsson in h is lett8r of Sept19:n.o er 29th, we hRd considerable diffifulty in getting good plates but think that he can s0lect some from this lot that will answer his purp oseo Dro Nilsson's lett~r return~d h~rewitho �vr. ll. J. Hnrri naton: Horotrlth lett et,cJron nr. John ~. Hilaoon, rocnrdiflC X-NJY pl nt oo "' ,:... ~: •• ti!ll yn.' P.,:i?~it: l -l :tt !)O'.lfl;l.bl*:• ~btnin the plntco =.o r a<JUoa tod , vi si11t; no,. tLl.t~ ~he: r9tu1'Tl 9! th:t~ lott er . 'Orlirl mi.J.S !1n1ed: G.fORGf B, PRYDE V �/ / GENERAL MA )/\GER Mr o Go Bo Pryde : Referring to your letter of September 14th regarding the x~ray plates taken for An~elo Grelli: . I have passed these plates to Dro Nilsson with the request that he make a study of sameo �noolc Sprii,ga ... Septcnbor 14, 1931 r··. Euc;ono UoAuliff o: I -- 1 aondinu by rer;iatorod baegago nail toda.y tho oorico of X•Rny plntoa t~Gn of -n:~elo Grclli . Gtntouont of anoo hcrar..ith o.M,n.oh 1 . lht.\~l be [l'.lo.cl to ho.vo tho roeul'tio . r 1Jr. nu aaon ' o .ot udy of thdrfG. �Tiock Springs, Wyoming. September 14th, 19 31. JJI•, George B. Pryde: Here\'lith the s cries of X-Ray plates of nhich I spoke to /. Hr . l\icAulii'i'o y;h en he rn.w hore, ni1d -r1oulcl l:i.l~ o v ery rmch to ho.vs Ur. Niloso n 'o opinion o.o t o the possibility of t he 3ubject bei112; Ji;ubercula r. Tho follo , .d ng i o Pcr sono.1 Reco r d of t h e r;orkr.ian nho is the sub ject of t ho s e pl o:to::i: Heme, .1\nr:;elo Gr-olli; Ifot i onclit y . Itr.iJ.io.nj Date o f Bi rth , August 22ml, 1898; Uc r ried - l child ; I::nt ored t he eru-ploy of -~hio compo.ny at Our:lberlnnd !lines on 1 1ovembe:t 1s t, 1922; t r a noi'orred -'lio Tiock Sprinzs Ui nea July 28-~h, 1930 ; Occup~Uo n , '.i.'irab0z-r,1a n . Hi :Jtox-y of previo uo injury \7h:1.lo i n t he employ o i' thio company~ None; Hiot ory of seri ow:; illneso ,,hilo i n t ho Gmploy o:f this co n1Ku1y , l!one. 1~-t .h doy of r:c.y 19 31 , :i.n ·1;h0 fo l!orr.1. nc ma.rmer ; ~-:as c o.r1yit1c t i mbor up u ohov el plo.c o Y,hcn r, pi.ac e of roclr foll fron bot i.-:0cu c_o 1,s be.rs :::nd s J.;rucl: hi u:1 on tho oho uld el."'o r1.nd back . 'i.'ho \'Iorlman clo.im.: t hnt he ,:m.s int Glis htl y s tooped position uhon th0 ro cl: otruclc hi.1!1 0 After boi l'l{; i n jur €tl -::orlmnn ·c::is removed to t he \iy omil-16 G 0110 r al or d ered ne;~tension r__nc1 res~.; 11 • l'.'o rlman conplnincd of c. ctea.dy pa in i n the bnck , and :tno.bility io st and erect ,·,i thout i ncrcus o of pain nnd 0.uch futirsue. A body cast ,;ms cn plied 0.nd r:h ile \'.'() r bnn "0aa vonrl11,.., thio cast he e;"p orienoecl sooo relief from pnin but ti:red very easily. <::hen this cast \:as reraoved ~.-10rlcr~n claimed tho.t there uo.s no inprovomont iu his condition. A n0,1 c us·t \'J0.0 th0n o.ppliod but the uorltrnan 110u claims tho.t his condition is uors e then at any �(2) / / time sinoe tho injury mid that the 1>0.in seems to be constant and oontinuo.lly i110 reo..oinz in the region of tho fourth Md fifth lumbar ver~ obro.e. ICel'm a11d Hinto n t oots by Hock Springs Bio-Chomicu1 Laboratory, J.legative. Vo11 Pirquot ter.rt by H, J. }.rbo gnst, " Positive. D., >.'.>ck Spri11gs, � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Union Pacific Collection Description An account of the resource This collection is made possible in part by a generous grant from Wyoming Humanities. All materials are the property of Union Pacific Coal Company, on long-term loan at Western Wyoming Community College. For usage inquiries, contact the <a href="https://www.uprrmuseum.org">Union Pacific Museum</a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Communication in case of a worker injured in the mines. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource CC BY-NC-ND Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1932-11-26 Subject The topic of the resource Injury, 1932 Description An account of the resource A 7.5"x10.5" collection of letters, also holding a 8"x5.5" printed telegram, and an 8.5"x 8.5" handwritten note. Communication over the case of a worker who was injured on the job, or if it was off the working location. Some of the pages are faded may be hard to read. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource George B. Pyrde, Eugene McAuliffe, John R. Nilson, H.J. Harrington Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1-0185 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Union Pacific Coal Co. https://haylibrary.cvlcollections.org/files/original/bed24719f0aa6a3345f23fa6f8856b60.pdf 304c0036533e19233b634bc76878c1fc PDF Text Text { ,. Mr. bi'ugono ,:oAulif fo: Rot u~liti£ hcr.o...titU cor Qupooo.once attn-chod to your- lottor ot· ~rcl1 15t h, r · sudi.115 tbe cc:.uo of " ... Cn:i:wahaw. and nttu.ching lottor ~rom. 14- . Ilutler ,ihioh io solf ...oxpl cmntor1• ./iln al-oo on?_l odll,G copy of uootor• o. r c;po:r-t to the •Ra:ttleo~o creek Veter Compuy 1 ua ,1ell e.o coi,y of lettar £ 1·01.·t !.~ -. Dell. ' ~-noifi c Coal Go! u ~~' but on idlo duye ho 1:1ork D (!.OC~Olli,l.ll.J foi- ~ e iiattl~ ator '; ) ... ... n.y , dct n-1; v~i:- j-oba} when they uro in naod of hol p. sna~o Ci-eok Ue r::r ' ~)J them or) Uo.roh 2 th, 1925, tho dutc on which n:i.u 9y~ "iao. ~-n- not· : • ontitlod to r ooeive t~· =- -~·.:, :~t- ~·1.on rroz:i '.i'ho Uni<>n i· • • orks tomporad,l7 for_thoo, °". ·.:ount io d du t ed trOl'l the pv.y :roll fot' tho ho111>i ,,Ll c:.-- _. ~.--··· .. \ of tho rnilrot;1d , and '15¢ ttno de~u--:ted from ~;. • Crnliehi:n• o pay tor. tho mout l1 of . :_:c:., oo he 'ffiiD ontit~t'> d_· to b.-00 treo.t iiw.mt from l>~. ~trndor , uo !l ( . io tho co ,pony oculiilt. . It ia thorofore nppar nt 1 under th& cir ~µ t Bnooc , thct Dr. t r-a.cer hoe no cluim fo1· any foe, c.s ho ia pilid by tho Union .):J.aifio 1--.uil- • rot- Co;;!ptiny tor. fhiB kind of ~ork, t,~.J ::: ~ . l ):: n:.;..1.~ , ao~ns f1•0m o.ontri- butionc tllde by · : _.,.~y ·., to tho o~pitol fund . a e ga.rdin 0 t.he ..,10. 00 or:i&J,.nally ,_. :•. 1. to r . ~t.ro.der for oer• vicca, it c .., . '.J tht,t the "i~r:-» Union : i •i ·, prl.,· ·,,. ttmd from \:h:leh it onutos to the -- ,·, ,:,n· -. in CU086 einilm· to Crawnhuw'o j.njt.rry, tlmt io , . thooo injur;l.oc 'lfhich d.0 n~ ;{ .;; um.or tho comr,QJlSlltion fuml , and it , ,,,. Strader, becaru;o • r . Or trohu ia entitle . to . - - ,Lt t i'x-oi;i t~iD thut the , f~ , au l a:tatod . nri<!im,.1 Rigned: GEORGE B, PRYDE �TllE RATTLESHAKE CREE!C WATER CO!JPANI Fil& C- 1 Rock Springs, Wyoming, Uarch 18 1 1926. 11!'. George B Pryde: Refo!Ting to case ot Sam Cra'.Vahaw an employ e or the union Facifio Coal Com. 8J9' orkir;g tor tha .nattl onlW) Ct'o k Water . Company- on Idl• ~ • of the Union Pa.cific Coal ComP911J. i hile :.a. Crawshaw was in the- came the Ratt1eenak• cnek ater Col!!pm,y he paid int.o 'the union Pacific Railroad Cot::.pany HoepitAJ. Depark::tnt fund, aD4 i• aa I.'luab. u Dr. ~mder is the union Pa.cific Railroad CompaDJ Oculist the senica rendel'Od Ur. Crmrsha1r should .coa• under tJilla :rum. At.t.ached fin4 eopy of · • • • Bu'olci i"inoh's report ref•mng the cue w. Dr. Strader-. TOurs i,naly, • I �'i'HE RATTLESNAKE CREEK \"/ATER COllP ANY File C-1 Rock Springs , Wyo ., Mar. 18, 1926. l!ir . George B. Pryde: Referring to case of ,Sam Crawshaw an employee of- The Union Pacific Coal Company working for The Rattlesnake Creek \'later Company on idle days of the Union Pacific Coal Company. \!hile Ur. Crawsho.v1 was in the service the Rattlesnake Greek Water Company he paid into the Union Pa cific Railroad Company Hospital Department fund, und ina smuch as Dr. St r ade r is the Union Pacific R~ilroad Coopany Oculi~t the service rendered llr . Crawshaw should come under this fund. Attached find copy of surgeon Ha rold Finch's report referring the case to Dr. Strader. Yours truly, D. V. Bell (Signed) m Supt. Viater Gos . .£9.El �Hanna - March 17th, 1926. Hr . George B. Pryde: Re: telephone conv ersation relative to t he Coov ensation case of Sam Crawsha\"1 : Crawshaw uns inj ur ed while in the employ of the Rat tlesnake Creek \'later Company. Crawshaw \'/US call ed out by Mr . Clark on !.'larch 20th, 1925, to help r epair a pipe +ine. \'/bile cutti ng a pipe a piece of steel fleu into Crawshaw's right eye. Craushaw was disabled for a period of 33 days, he ad vises t hat he \'las pai d compensation ·for th:ils period. Dr. Straed er of Cheyenne has handled this case and am a dvised by Crawshaw that the doctor has foruar ded his bill to the Clerk of Court at Rawlins, YJyoming . All papers covering this case have been filed vii th the Cler~ of Court of Carbon County, and co pies of same are in the Office of the Rattlesnake Creek \'later Company at Rock Springs. T. H. Butler {SignedJ �March 9th, 1926. Mr. N. R. Greenfield, Rawlins, Tiyoming. Dear Sir: Herevtlth letter from Dr. St rad er in relation to compensation case of Sam Cra·wshaw. A~parently there is a confusion as to whether this L'lall is an employee of the Rattlesnake Creek ~ater Company or an em- ployee of the Union Pacific. Coal Company. Dr. Strader is under the i1:1pression that his pre~ious fee of f;ll0.00 was paid by the Hospital Commission at Hanna , when perhaps tha t Commission had nothing to do ,tlth the caoe. Dr. Strader's main question is, however, as to whether he shall give the compensation department the full report of his examination. Will you kindly check the case and udvise oe r,hat I may say to Dr. Strader. Yours very t ruly, Original Signed Herbert v. Lacey HVL-T cc - Mr. Eugene llcAuliffe �Dr. Geo. L. Strader Dr. F. L. Beck Cheyenne, Wyoming. March a, 1926. Mr. Herbert Lacey, Cheyenne, ·wyoming. Dear Sir: On April• 6th, 1925, Sam Crawshaw was sent to oe by Dr. H. Finch, Coal Company Physician at Hanna, for treatment of an eye injury. Our records show that he was~reated at the time as a Coal Company case and we rnade no report to the State Compensation Department nor to the County Clerk. Tie were paid ten dollars (~10.00) presumably by the Hospital Coliliilission, although our r eco rds do not show definitely that the check car.1e from the Hospital Commission. On ~rch 6th, 1926, he ,re.s referred by Dr. Finch with a letter stating they wished to have a final examination oade to determine what vision he has in the injured eye. The letter also stated that he uas a compensation case and that at the time he uas injured he uas Yrorking for the Rattlesnake Creek Water Company and is still an employee of that company. I might add that his vision in the injured eye - right - is 20/70 and with correction" is 20/30 plus. He has a very ·slight linear scar across the center of the cornea. I run giving you this history of the case so that you may advise me whether this should be reported as a State Coriipensation case' at this time, nearly a year after the injury \78.S received, Liarch 21, 1925. Very sincerely, G. L. Strader. GLS.D. ' �,----------- REC £1VE D MAH 17 192u GENERAL MANAGE!l Omaha - March 15, 1926. Mr. G. B. Pryde: Note attached letter from Dr. G. L. Strader, Cheyenne, to Mr. Lacey , March 8th, and Mr . Lacey's letter of March 9th to Mr. Greenfield. With return of papers , early advice regarding this case. _______._._,, ... � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Union Pacific Collection Description An account of the resource This collection is made possible in part by a generous grant from Wyoming Humanities. All materials are the property of Union Pacific Coal Company, on long-term loan at Western Wyoming Community College. For usage inquiries, contact the <a href="https://www.uprrmuseum.org">Union Pacific Museum</a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Reguards to ongoing case of Sam Crawshaw. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource CC BY-NC-ND Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1926-03-13 Subject The topic of the resource Worker Injury, 1926 Description An account of the resource An 8.5"x11" letters both printed and having handwriting. Discussion between parties over the ongoing case of a worker who was injured while on the job. One page is severely faded may be hard to read. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource George B. Pyrde Sup. Water Cos. D.V. Bell, T.H. Butler Herbert V. Lacey Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1-0184 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Union Pacific Coal Co.